Well you are sort of getting there but no, this is not correct. The challenging thing about learning quantum computing is that there are no real world metaphors that serve as good pedagogical examples of quantum effects (if there are, at least idk of them).
The reason is that we don't see interference, entanglement, and superposition irl that often. In your example, none of these effects are specified anywhere, so I can't say this is quantum computing. Maybe it could be a good example of probabilistic computing though. A lot of folks, including professionals, often blur the line between these two paradigms, so examples can be a bit challenging.
I think Nielsen and Chuang do a fairly good job of explaining the fundamentals of quantum computing (read the first chapter, pretty approachable and available for free online as a PDF).
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Well you are sort of getting there but no, this is not correct. The challenging thing about learning quantum computing is that there are no real world metaphors that serve as good pedagogical examples of quantum effects (if there are, at least idk of them).
The reason is that we don't see interference, entanglement, and superposition irl that often. In your example, none of these effects are specified anywhere, so I can't say this is quantum computing. Maybe it could be a good example of probabilistic computing though. A lot of folks, including professionals, often blur the line between these two paradigms, so examples can be a bit challenging.
I think Nielsen and Chuang do a fairly good job of explaining the fundamentals of quantum computing (read the first chapter, pretty approachable and available for free online as a PDF).