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Friday, November 11, 2022

Is the Quantum (Computing) Bubble about to Burst?

Having read so much about working quantum computers, this really struck me  ... 

Full article at Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBLVtCYHVO8

The Quantum (Computing) Hype Bubble Is About To Burst,  By Sabine Hossenfelder

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How much of what you hear about quantum computing is real promise and how much of it is hype? What is the "quantum winter" that so many physicists have been warning of? In this video I sort it out for you.

The Physics World article about quantum hype (which is a great read) is here: https://physicsworld.com/a/the-quantu...

The news item about IBMs mega fridge is here: https://research.ibm.com/blog/goldene...

The paper about factorizing 21 on a quantum computer is this: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphot...

Dyakonov's book is here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.100... 

The quote about the quantum winter from Hoofnagle and Garfinkel is from here: https://slate.com/technology/2022/01/...

And their book is available here:  https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/...

The Linkedin post from Galitski is here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/quantu...

The piece from Gourianov in the Financial Times is here: https://www.ft.com/content/6d2e34ab-f...

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00:00 Intro

00:37 Quantum Hype

04:58 How Does a Quantum Computer Work?

07:20 Problems With Quantum Computers

12:57 Quantum Winter

17:40 What Does It Mean?

18:20 Check out my Quantum Mechanics Course on Brilliant

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