All I cansayiswehavethesetwoproperties, howwehavethem, I don't know.
Butwehavethemsocool, sothatthat's thedifferencebetween a cubitand a regularbit.
Nowwhathappenswhenwehavethesetwocharacteristicsisin a classicalcomputertheamountoflikestatesthatyoucanrepresentright, soeachbithastwostatesthatitcouldplausiblybe.
Itcouldbe a zero, anditcouldbe a onerightin a quantumcomputer.
Itcouldbe 01 oranythinginbetween.
Sowhat?
I hatetosayanythingthatisincorrect, I wouldsay 01 orbothStates.
Let's juststickwiththat.
It's like a multitude.
It's notlikeitwouldn't be a scalertomyunderstanding.
Anyway, I seethecommentsectionisprobablyblowingupwithsomeexperts.
Anyways, whatthismeanstousisprogramsonthepracticalsideofthingsis a classicalcomputercanrepresent n bitstimestwostates.
That's it.
A quantumcomputercanrepresenttwotothepowerof n bitsstates.
Oritwouldtake a reallylongtime, suchasfactoringnumberswhenitcomesto, um, factoringforprimenumbers.
So, forexample, breakingencryptions, oneofthosethingsgetsthrownaroundallthetimethatquantumcomputerscoulddo.
That's true.
Soifyou'resomebodythatowns, um, like a databasethattoday, ifsomebodywassiphoningfromitrightnowin 20 yearswiththat, ifthatdatawouldstillbehighlyvaluable, I'd becarefulif I wasyou, becauseprobablyin 20 years R s a encryptioncouldisdungeons.
Sooneexamplethat I seegetsthrownaroundby, youknow, peoplethataretryingtokindofsellTheideaofquantumpetersislikelogistics.
Soifyou'redeliveringpackagesandyou'vegot a routethatyouneedtotake, youknoweachkindofintersectionthatyoupassisintheory, a branchthatyoucouldhavetakenandbeforelong, eacheachturnthatyoupassortakebranchesoutandcreatesthisjustagainintractablenumberofotherpossibilitiesthatyoucouldhavetaken a classicalcomputerkindofcheckseach, eachonekindofin a bruteforcemanner.
Butclassicalcomputers, thebestthingthatclassicalcomputerDiocandoislikegetcloseto T statistics, weakensortofsimulateprobabilities.
Butit's notrealprobability, right, Whereas a quantumappearasbest I cantell, dare I sayisprobabilitylikeitjustit's justit's true.
Sothat's thedifference, right?
Soanotherkindofreallysimpleexamplethat I thinkiseasytofitinone's brainislike, let's sayyou'reorganizing a charityeventandyouyou'regonnaseepeopleat a tableandideally, you'd wantthosepeopletogetalong.
Andsowecanprovethatalreadywecandefinitelyhavequantumpetersthatwilleventuallyexceedanything a classicalcomputercoulddointermsoflargestatespaces.
Okay, so I thinkthat's reallyall I reallywanttotalkaboutintermsofthefundamentals.
Ifyou'vegotquestions, feelfreetoaskthem.
If I saidsomethingsilly, feelfreetocorrectmebelow.
Like I said, I'llputsomeotherresourceisinthedescription.
Butlet's sayyou'reinterestedinthisstuff.
Youknowyouwant a quantumcomputer.
Whatdoyou d'oh?
Well, itturnsout, asyoumightexpectbuilding a quantumcomputer.
I mean, I don't knowexactlyhowmuchwouldgointoit, but I'm gonnaimaginethatifyouwantedtostartfromscratch, it's probablylike a least a $100 millionenterprise.
Um, youcanbuy.
Like I'veseen, that D Wavehassoldatleastonequantumcomputerfor 15 million D waves.
Ifyoudon't, um, I willtrymybesttoput a linktothebasicstutorialinthedescription, butotherwisegotopythonprogrammingdotnet, gotothefundamentalsandlearnpythonthebasicsofpython.