• Rose@slrpnk.net
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    11 days ago

    Quantum computing, probably.

    Problem is, it has the potential to be actual reality. Tech bros need their products to be 99% blue-sky hype to get their financing, and they can’t risk some nerd going “well actually what you’re suggesting can’t be done any more efficiently on a quantum computer than you can do now”.

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      11 days ago

      Plus. You can’t just drop quantum computing in your data center. It takes extreme cold, hug amounts of cash and the support team to maintain.

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        11 days ago

        That is quantum computing as it is now.

        If tomorrow we find a superconductor at room temperature, quantum computing would become easily accessible in every datacenter.

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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        I think quantum-as-a-service will exist on the major cloud providers, and they will produce libraries with specific algorithms that are enhanced by quantum processes.

        All a developer will do is swap scipy for qscipy