Next tech boom

gax · Post by **gax** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:40 pm

I think if they get homomorphic encryption working in a practical sense that may have the potential to be a pretty big break through.

chiral3 · Post by **chiral3** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 3:50 pm

Any thoughts on what the Durov bros are working on?

Jurassic · Post by **Jurassic** » Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:30 pm

@chiral3 looks like making cryptos

anyone got any thoughts on quantum computing? seems like it be revolutionary in medicine

Rashomon · Post by **Rashomon** » Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:55 am

jslade: I remember a blog post by a neuroscientist from around that time, complaining that Zuckerberg was given a bigger room (and more people attended) than any of the actual scientists, at some conference.

Jurassic · Post by **Jurassic** » Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:47 pm

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-07/quantum-computers-today-aren-t-very-useful-that-could-change

nikol · Post by **nikol** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:56 pm

> anyone got any thoughts on quantum computing? seems like it be revolutionary in medicine

QC is a hype.

But better stuff is coming and on-going

There's no x86 in the AI chip market yet—"People see a gold rush; there’s no doubt.”

Google unveils tiny new AI chips for on-device machine learning

Jurassic · Post by **Jurassic** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:40 pm

> QC is a hype.

The arguments against QC seem centered around the problem of decoherence

nikol · Post by **nikol** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:47 pm

> problem of decoherence

No, it is about number of observations needed to confirm the coherence. That's why cooling is important, but still reduction of statistical error remains main issue.

Jurassic · Post by **Jurassic** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:56 pm

@nikol have you read quantum computation and quantum information?

nikol · Post by **nikol** » Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:13 pm

Yes, of course. Sorry, 'decoherence' is exactly what I meant. You are right.

All this is reduced to the very simple fact: measurement process destroys information about single quantum state. (see my previous statement)

I recommend this book:

"Dynamics and information", by Kadomtsev

The Einstein–Podolsky–Rosen paradox is discussed in detail together with its possible role in the processes of information transfer over a distance

Russian version is bigger, but the above excerpt in English is quite good.