{"id":11168,"date":"2022-04-29T09:54:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T09:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1383666"},"modified":"2022-04-29T09:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T09:54:07","slug":"a-regular-persons-guide-to-the-mind-blowing-world-of-hybrid-quantum-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=11168","title":{"rendered":"A regular person\u2019s guide to the mind-blowing world of hybrid quantum computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stephen Hawking once<\/span> suggested<\/span><\/a> Albert Einstein\u2019s assertion that \u201cGod does not play dice\u201d with the universe was wrong. In Hawking\u2019s view, the discovery of black hole physics confirmed that not only did God play dice, \u201cbut that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can\u2019t be seen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Are we here by chance or design?<\/p>\n

A more pragmatic approach to the question, considering the subject matter, would be to assume that all answers are correct. In fact, that\u2019s the basis of quantum physics.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the simplest explanation of how it all works that you\u2019ll ever read: imagine flipping a coin and then walking away secure in the knowledge that it landed on heads or tails.<\/span><\/p>\n

If we look at the entire universe and start zooming in until you get down to the tiniest particles, you\u2019ll see the exact same effect in their interactions. They\u2019re either going to do one thing or another. And, until you observe them, that potential remains.<\/span><\/p>\n

With all that potential out there in the universe just waiting to be observed, we\u2019re able to build quantum computers.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, like all things quantum, there\u2019s a duality involved in harnessing God\u2019s dice for our own human needs. For every mind-blowing feat of quantum engineering we come up with \u2014 just wait until you read about<\/span> laser tweezers<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> time crystals<\/span><\/a> \u2014 we need some grounded technology to control it.<\/span><\/p>\n

In reality, there\u2019s no such thing as a \u201cpurely-quantum computer\u201d and there probably never will be. They\u2019re all hybrid quantum-classical systems in one way or another.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quantum computing<\/h2>\n
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