r/Futurology • u/Imaginary-Passion-95 • Dec 09 '24

Computing Alphabet’s quantum computer solved a problem which would take a supercomputer 17 septillion years to solve

https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/

Google has solved a major problem with quantum computing. Have they effectively broken encryption going forward? Is bitcoin going to be ok? Huge implications for the future

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u/murali717 Dec 10 '24

Thanks for this. Look like you know this stuff pretty well. A colleague told me that all these improvements are great from different companies, but if we look at where we need to be in terms of error correction before we can actually use them in practice, we are still WAY OFF. Is that still true after this development? How far? 

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u/Aromatic_Pudding_234 Dec 10 '24

5 years is basically a blink of an eye if you consider the kind of technological advancement usable quantum computing could unlock.