A quantum computer has finally broken the highest of encryptions. The beginning of the end?

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Can someone explain to the idiots like me what quantum is and why this matters? Thanks in advance :feedme:

Also what will it look like when shyt hits the fan? Do my kids need to keep studying in school or is it pretty pointless because they will all be slaves I'm 50 years?
 

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You know, if they wanted to do damage without being the "bad guy" they should use it to hack into banks, give all Americans hundreds of millions of dollars, erase debt, etc. That shyt would be wild and would turn this country upside down when you think about it.

That's what all these foreign powers need to be doing. :lolbron:
 

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Can someone explain to the idiots like me what quantum is and why this matters? Thanks in advance :feedme:

Also what will it look like when shyt hits the fan? Do my kids need to keep studying in school or is it pretty pointless because they will all be slaves I'm 50 years?

I would say to teach your kids to get ahead of learning anything to do with it.

And here’s ChatGPT with it:

Quantum computing is a field of computing that leverages the principles of quantum mechanics to process information in fundamentally different ways than classical computers. While classical computers use bits as the smallest unit of data, which can be either 0 or 1, quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits. Qubits can exist in multiple states simultaneously due to a property known as superposition. This allows quantum computers to perform many calculations at once.

Another key principle of quantum computing is entanglement, where qubits become interconnected in such a way that the state of one qubit can depend on the state of another, no matter the distance between them. This property can be harnessed to perform complex computations more efficiently than classical computers.

Quantum computing has the potential to revolutionize various fields, including cryptography, optimization, drug discovery, and artificial intelligence, by solving problems that are currently intractable for classical computers. However, the technology is still in its early stages, facing challenges such as error rates, qubit coherence, and scalability. As research and development continue, quantum computing holds promise for transformative advancements in technology and science.
 

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You know, if they wanted to do damage without being the "bad guy" they should use it to hack into banks, give all Americans hundreds of millions of dollars, erase debt, etc. That shyt would be wild and would turn this country upside down when you think about it.

That's what all these foreign powers need to be doing. :lolbron:
fed insures the money. banks would just demand an additional bailout. would probably break the economy pretty efficiently.
that said, kinda moot. money is a theoretical construct, now, not a thing backed by actual physical wealth. they give everyone millions, the government would just decide McDonalds fries now cost 300k :yeshrug:
Speedrun to Zimbabwe status.
 

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fukk… I actually just read the article


This shyt has already started :mjlol: … I was just going off the top of the dome, thinking we still had a few years before this is possible.

No, it’s here right fuukkin now :mjlol:


Damn… now I’m gonna have to start going to all these fukking meetings about quantum mechanics and computing.
 

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I would say to teach your kids to get ahead of learning anything to do with it.

And here’s ChatGPT with it:
fukking with entanglement means fukking with the temporal space.
we are not equipped to do this without causing harm. We fundamentally cannot rationalize the thing we are attempting to manipulate, even on such a small scale, well enough to do it harmlessly.
But, humanity has quite literally always had a preoccupation with dancing on the edge of the existential knife. We flirt with our own destruction openly and by way of course. This is just the next in a long line of doing dumb shyt not understanding how it will ripple out :mjlol: I am endlessly fascinated by how we by and large continue to get away with doing the most obviously stupid shyt.
 

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fukking with entanglement means fukking with the temporal space.
we are not equipped to do this without causing harm. We fundamentally cannot rationalize the thing we are attempting to manipulate, even on such a small scale, well enough to do it harmlessly.
But, humanity has quite literally always had a preoccupation with dancing on the edge of the existential knife. We flirt with our own destruction openly and by way of course. This is just the next in a long line of doing dumb shyt not understanding how it will ripple out :mjlol: I am endlessly fascinated by how we by and large continue to get away with doing the most obviously stupid shyt.

Bruh, this was bound to happen. Ever since the word “Quantum” was discovered

Some would say it’s probably the next step of our controllable evolution.
 

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Bruh, this was bound to happen. Ever since the word “Quantum” was discovered

Some would say it’s probably the next step of our controllable evolution.
how optimistic.

teaching humans how to irreparably bind one thing to another in a way that makes it impossible to escape manipulation or control irrespective of distance or time...

yeah.

we'll definitely do good things with that.

yup.

totally. :unimpressed:
 

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how optimistic.

teaching humans how to irreparably bind one thing to another in a way that makes it impossible to escape manipulation or control irrespective of distance or time...

yeah.

we'll definitely do good things with that.

yup.

totally. :unimpressed:

Well, in the wise words of Uncle George from ATL…

“ …it's all feelings. I just want you to recognize the difference between what you feel and what's real.”

:yeshrug:
 

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Code breaking is literally one of the only things current Quantum computers excel consistently in.

Won't be such thing as "military secrets" anymore if everyone is just using these things to spy on eachother.
 
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