Posted on 07/02/2023 10:37:44 PM PDT by lasereye
Google has developed a quantum computer that instantly makes calculations that would take the best existing supercomputers 47 years, in a breakthrough meant to establish beyond doubt that the experimental machines can outperform conventional rivals.
A paper from researchers at Google published online claims that the company’s latest technology is “beyond the capabilities of existing classical supercomputers”.
Proponents of quantum computers say the technology, which relies on the peculiar states of quantum physics, can create hugely powerful machines able to battle climate change and create breakthrough drugs.
However, they also threaten to undermine today’s encryption systems, making them a national security priority.
Four years ago, Google claimed to be the first company to achieve “quantum supremacy” – a milestone point at which quantum computers surpass existing machines.
This was challenged at the time by rivals, which argued that Google was exaggerating the difference between its machine and traditional supercomputers.
The company’s new paper – Phase Transition in Random Circuit Sampling – published on the open access science website ArXiv, demonstrates a more powerful device that aims to end the debate.
While the 2019 machine had 53 qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers, the next generation device has 70.
Adding more qubits improves a quantum computer’s power exponentially, meaning the new machine is 241 million times more powerful than the 2019 machine.
The researchers said it would take Frontier, the world’s leading supercomputer, 6.18 seconds to match a calculation from Google’s 53-qubit computer from 2019. In comparison, it would take 47.2 years to match its latest one.
The researchers also claim that their latest quantum computer is more powerful than demonstrations from a Chinese lab which is seen as a leader in the field.
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“These do not always map well to the mathematical techniques use to solve all scientific and/or engineering problems.”
Perhaps Quantum computing is not being developed for scientific or engineering problems which require binary conclusions. Perhaps QC is better suited to AI where a third state ‘maybe’ is more acceptable for an answer.
Wonderful. AI with quantum computing... now I give you the image if the beast.
can create hugely powerful machines able to battle climate change
Ok then
“Fully immersive virtual girlfriends”
Harcourt! Harcourt Fenton Mudd!! Have you been drinking again?
bingo
If it’s Google related it’s probably a lie but if true then it’s just a bad idea and from what I’ve seen that means it gives you biased bad answers 47 years quicker.
“...can create hugely powerful machines able to battle climate change”
Turning them off will greatly reduce our carbon footprint.
“What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?”
A fully gaseous burp travels at 74 mph...one laden with “moisture” only travels at 54 mph
Exactly. Isn’t 90%+ of all online activity still focused on porn? This computer will make a Hell of a porn site. LOL.
Awesome - add some AI and we have SKYNET fighting climate change for us.......
This would be great - if climate change was real.
What do women want?
ChatGPT
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What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
ChatGPT
The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is a reference to a running joke from the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” released in 1975. In one particular scene, a character asks, “What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?” The question is intentionally absurd and meant to be humorous.
While the movie does not provide a specific answer, it’s important to note that there are different species of swallows with varying flight capabilities. The specific airspeed velocity of any swallow, laden or unladen, would depend on the species, environmental conditions, and other factors.
Therefore, without specifying the species, it is impossible to provide an accurate answer to the question.
The problem for The Village is that “why?” is not a General knowledge question.
(both the play on words and the allusion to how the episode’s ‘speed learn’ taught facts without knowledge are intended). Be seeing you.
While Q-bits are fascinating, still 70 q-bits is under 14 bytes of memory.
Quantum computers have very interesting properties, but consider 70 q-bits translates to less than 14 bytes. (Note not talking giga-bytes, mega-bytes, or even kilo-bytes...just bytes).
What’s a Q-bit?
I’m sure Google will be responsible enough to not unleash its AI technology on this thing...
/s
A q-bit is like a bit except it may also be in a quantum superposition of being both and/or neither 0 or 1 in the same sense of Schrodinger's imaginary cat is not yet alive or dead until one opens the box.
The way I try to wrap my brain around superposition is that for some tiny particulars in the universe that have not come into sufficient contact with the rest, the universe has not made up its mind about what the state of the thing is. Not merely that nobody can tell...its does not actually have a state yet!
One new to Quantum Mechanics can very reasonably suspect that sure it has a state but we just don't know it yet...because its not very obvious how one could tell something about that which was not yet observed or recorded. However, as counter-intuitive and shocking as it is, some very clever "quantum eraser experiments" have verified it.
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