NuclearPhynance Archive

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

Any thoughts on what the Durov bros are working on?

@chiral3 looks like making cryptos



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

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.

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

> 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

> QC is a hype.



The arguments against QC seem centered around the problem of decoherence

> 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.

@nikol have you read quantum computation and quantum information?

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.