New XPRIZE for Quantum Computing

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    Elon Musk launched an XPRIZE for Quantum Applications! It’s a 3-year, 5 million dollar global contest that’s looking for ways to use quantum computers to solve real-world challenges that benefit society. Doesn't this basically mean quantum computers don’t currently have any good use cases? And what do you need to do to win? Let’s have a look.
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  • @rindernetz1061
    @rindernetz1061 Месяц назад +819

    Let's run Doom on it.

    • @MCsCreations
      @MCsCreations Месяц назад +18

      Technically, Doom can run on a potato.

    • @thstroyur
      @thstroyur Месяц назад +16

      Pong with four paddles is what the cool kids dig

    • @Pinstripe6666
      @Pinstripe6666 Месяц назад +37

      No, it must run Crysis. Only then we can be sure it's a Quantum Computer.

    • @albirtarsha5370
      @albirtarsha5370 Месяц назад +12

      It feels like doom is the plan.

    • @timdavis6913
      @timdavis6913 Месяц назад +3

      @@albirtarsha5370 or the end result

  • @Martimus98
    @Martimus98 Месяц назад +256

    Quantum Computers are a great example of a solution looking for a problem.

    • @thinkingcitizen
      @thinkingcitizen Месяц назад +32

      technically there's always been 1 application- simulating atoms and molecules for chemistry and materials science applications.... I mean the whole original point of Q computer was solve Schrodinger's Equation for non-trivial Hamiltonians

    • @raptorate2872
      @raptorate2872 Месяц назад +5

      no they can be used for quantum computing, we need that shit. its legit the future

    • @user-qm1wc7dc8t
      @user-qm1wc7dc8t Месяц назад

      @@thinkingcitizenok nerd - JK

    • @metju30
      @metju30 Месяц назад +9

      Its NOT even a sulution yet! .. it doesn't work at scale required

    • @raptorate2872
      @raptorate2872 Месяц назад +1

      @@metju30 AI will make it work, also 4D calculations are just the tip of the iceberg

  • @jeffryborror4883
    @jeffryborror4883 Месяц назад +323

    New drinking game. Down a shot each time Sabine says "but let's not be cynical". Four invocations sufficed for Elon to appear (remotely).

    • @mitchellsteindler
      @mitchellsteindler Месяц назад +12

      I believe that was intentional...because there's lots of reason to by cynical.

    • @chrislambe400
      @chrislambe400 Месяц назад

      Forget "computer says no" my liver says no.

    • @NicoVeenkamp
      @NicoVeenkamp Месяц назад

      For Musk and Pinchat it would be solve virtualization of the real world in order to create autonomous vehicles.

    • @pcjenkin
      @pcjenkin Месяц назад +3

      The real drinking-game is taking a shot of Jägermeister every time she says 'Einstein.'

    • @rupertchappelle5303
      @rupertchappelle5303 Месяц назад

      You would get drunker if you quaffed a beverage each time you hear the word QUANTUM!!!

  • @enriquea.fonolla4495
    @enriquea.fonolla4495 Месяц назад +392

    we need quantum computers to simulate a quantum computer simulated reality and prove we are in a quantum computer simulated reality

    • @Geordiicus
      @Geordiicus Месяц назад +1

      Nice 😊

    • @BigTimeRushFan2112
      @BigTimeRushFan2112 Месяц назад +19

      can we also use them to simulate the immense joy the Earth would have if Musk were to be sent on a one way trip to Mars?

    • @AbbyFlame-id4iy
      @AbbyFlame-id4iy Месяц назад +4

      Epic. From now on, you're incharge of everything....Seriously.

    • @j.a.velarde5901
      @j.a.velarde5901 Месяц назад +2

      You've earned the millions. But don't do it cynically.

    • @shadowmystery5613
      @shadowmystery5613 Месяц назад +2

      Red Pill or Blue Pill?

  • @wolfcrossing5992
    @wolfcrossing5992 Месяц назад +138

    Are those that submit going to relinquish their rights to the developed work product? For five million? That's tip money to Musk and Pichia.

    • @Boobeinstein
      @Boobeinstein Месяц назад

      Yes. It's the same scam musky boy tried to pull with his hyperloop competition nonsense. Give up your novel discovery to him in exchange for a pittance and a chance to kiss elon's caboose.

    • @2019inuyasha
      @2019inuyasha Месяц назад

      No it's only for the potential to win. Most likely they get nothing. The real winner could already be amongst musks inner circle...😆

    • @Boobeinstein
      @Boobeinstein Месяц назад

      I don't know why my comment keeps getting deleted but essentially yes. Elon tried to pull the same ish with his hyperloop -scam- competition but it went nowhere. Turns out it's pretty hard to invent vapourware.

    • @JonSnow-YThandle
      @JonSnow-YThandle Месяц назад +17

      I'd say that is musk's standard MO.😏

    • @Sonny_McMacsson
      @Sonny_McMacsson Месяц назад +17

      Okay, okay. Such a tough negotiator. He said he'd throw in a cyber truck too, subject to availability.

  • @cotessa6204
    @cotessa6204 Месяц назад +6

    I really like your YT content and also enjoyed your book Existential Physics. Your approach is a real breath of fresh air. Thank you for just being human.

  • @crawkn
    @crawkn Месяц назад +25

    The most annoying aspect of following technological research news is that every new discovery is greeted with rosy predictions of potential use cases. In the majority of cases, they are either technically infeasible or have no potential for cost effectiveness. The more money someone needs to develop a technology, the less practical the imagined use cases. I've long been skeptical of quantum computing, and I hope this contest will illuminate, rather than obfuscate. The applications should be both practical and cost effective, and capable of actual demonstration, as opposed to theoretical.

  • @johnkesich8696
    @johnkesich8696 Месяц назад +24

    Not to be cynical, but if quantum computers ever prove to be useful, the first application will clearly be military.

    • @garywalker8493
      @garywalker8493 Месяц назад

      First application for a new tech has historically been sex, military, making money, or scamming investors. Right now, we are in the scamming investors phase from what I can see.

    • @bricolagefantasy7291
      @bricolagefantasy7291 Месяц назад +2

      Since the general and bankers are not hopping mad about quantum computer, my guess, it s still useless. Bitcoin will survive a bit longer i guess.

    • @badabing3391
      @badabing3391 Месяц назад +1

      ​@bricolagefantasy7291 same was true about spaceflight despite it being likely the most important thing we can even hope to start affecting, ever since the 90s

    • @MichaelBrown-me3bh
      @MichaelBrown-me3bh Месяц назад +1

      Absolutely.. just like everything else.

    • @nerdbikes3841
      @nerdbikes3841 Месяц назад +2

      Nope. The first consideration for any new technology is it applicable for porn.

  • @cybrfriends5089
    @cybrfriends5089 Месяц назад +3

    protein folding prediction, and multi-dimensional Tetris

  • @S1nwar
    @S1nwar Месяц назад +48

    because the X prize for Hyperloop worked out so well^^

    • @dewiz9596
      @dewiz9596 Месяц назад +4

      . . . a rather premature assessment. . .

    • @davidwatson7604
      @davidwatson7604 Месяц назад +3

      Thank you!!!

    • @davidwatson7604
      @davidwatson7604 Месяц назад +12

      @@dewiz9596 Uh, been 30 years yo.

    • @thomasjones4570
      @thomasjones4570 Месяц назад +4

      1. Not related. The Hyperlook white paper and companies already existed when they offered up an x-prize for better designs.
      2. There are a dozen Hyperloop companies around the world with half of them working on contracts to build in various countries.
      3. Haha for a typical failed what-about

    • @davidwatson7604
      @davidwatson7604 Месяц назад +13

      @@thomasjones4570 All hail the white paper

  • @ericpmoss
    @ericpmoss Месяц назад +1

    I just saw an article where researchers used a D-Wave quantum annealer to assist ML in optimizing a multi-layer coating to make glass reflect most infrared while remaining very transparent to visible wavelengths. That would revolutionize all windows, solar panels, etc.

  • @juimymary9951
    @juimymary9951 Месяц назад +56

    Solving quantum gravity! We need that!

    • @Thomas-gk42
      @Thomas-gk42 Месяц назад +1

      Yep, and she has ideas for that

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Месяц назад +76

      Which brings up the interesting question whether quantum gravity would have any social benefit...

    • @juimymary9951
      @juimymary9951 Месяц назад +1

      @@Thomas-gk42 Exactly it's the perfect alignment of interests!

    • @TheSandkastenverbot
      @TheSandkastenverbot Месяц назад

      We also need an equation to be solved ^^

    • @juimymary9951
      @juimymary9951 Месяц назад

      @@SabineHossenfelder I'd wager that it would have huge benefits, just look at what Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity allowed us to achieve in just a few decades! Imagine how much further they could take us if we managed to make them work together! And that's without taking into account the possibility that it could lead to new physics!

  • @jimmygervaisnet
    @jimmygervaisnet Месяц назад +4

    4:24 Cue Dr Evil: "ONE MILLION DOLLARS!"

  • @alieninmybeverage
    @alieninmybeverage Месяц назад +52

    It's understandable to be pessimistic about the result of a project while remaining skeptical, rather than cynical, about the intents and motivations that went into the design. By skeptical here I mean "in proportion to the evidence" which also applies well when little evidence is available.
    When it comes to Elon, his interactions with World Food Program and MacKenzie Scott give me the sense that he is pessimistic about the "get your hands dirty" method of world improvement because he is cynical about the motivations of others, and he is naive about the feasibility of tech solutions to modern problems. Very much treating the symptoms, at least from my perspective.

    • @Tsagan
      @Tsagan Месяц назад +2

      He is leading two giant tech companies that are mainly hardware based. I think it is fair to assume he has a good grasp on trade-off and real world solutions.
      At least way more than any scientist in the quantum computer space would have. Musk spend a lot if his time talking to engineers and not scientist that's probably why he wants quantum tech to move to engineering and not stay forever in labs.

    • @alieninmybeverage
      @alieninmybeverage Месяц назад +9

      @Tsagan I certainly don't mean to dismiss Musk out of hand, but I do think it worth distinguishing among tech competencies, management competencies, philanthropic competencies, and ethical competencies. Someone could be the best in the world at tech and management, and when those conflict with the other two, might naturally default to those strengths to maximize money gained and tech solutions. If all tech titans behave in such a way, people may end up dependent on tech solutions and fall through the cracks where philanthropy would have provided a solution. "money = value" is a useful myth until too many people believe it.

    • @hansyolo833
      @hansyolo833 Месяц назад

      @@alieninmybeverage Being dependent on philanthropy is like relying on the lottery for income-it’s hit or miss and doesn’t address the root of the problem. The market, driven by the principle that money equals value, has proven to be the most effective tool for human prosperity. It’s not a myth; it’s the mechanism that has propelled us to unprecedented heights. To profit in the market, you must offer a product that’s worth more to the buyer than the price paid. This isn’t exploitation; it’s the essence of a fair exchange. Good tech solutions are a prime example-they often provide far more value than their cost, benefiting both parties. The market isn’t a zero-sum game.

    • @AG-ig8uf
      @AG-ig8uf Месяц назад +6

      @@Tsagan Musk is as close to comic book villain as you can get in real life. Musk has only one motivation - his ego. He doesn't care about humanity, development etc. And no, he is not "leading two giant tech companies", most of his time he spends propping up bigotry content on his new toy social media, meeting with world authoritarian leaders, siphoning money from NASA to use in his toy rocket projects etc. Only thing he is leading is his personality cult of minions who would cheer and clap to every absurd "achievement" of his, be it Clustertruck, giant rocket which exploded every time it is launched, narrow tunnel with cars posing as greatest development, plagiarized neuralink experiments from 20 years ago etc etc.

    • @AG-ig8uf
      @AG-ig8uf Месяц назад +3

      @@Tsagan "Musk spend a lot if his time talking to engineers" Nope, most of his talking is in soft ball interviews and streams with fanboys. If he ever talked to his engineers in other way than simply giving them orders, there wouldn't be such things like starship and cybertruck. If he ever listened to his lawyers, he wouldn't end up losing so much money in lawsuits. If he ever listened to his finance advisers, he wouldn't end up buying and tanking Twitter. Unfortunately all his failures are overcompensated by his only skill of cult management.

  • @AnnNunnally
    @AnnNunnally Месяц назад +39

    Do most innovations start this way-making something and then trying to figure out what to do with it?

    • @dwightk.schrute8696
      @dwightk.schrute8696 Месяц назад +14

      In the software industry we call this Solution Probleeming.

    • @Geordiicus
      @Geordiicus Месяц назад +6

      No

    • @AbbyFlame-id4iy
      @AbbyFlame-id4iy Месяц назад +3

      Necessity is the mother of invention.
      DEI, NEVER SOLVED ANYTHING

    • @ruukinen
      @ruukinen Месяц назад +21

      At least in the field of maths, the maths usually comes first, only then does an application of the math appear when someone connects the dots.

    • @davidhuber6251
      @davidhuber6251 Месяц назад +5

      The definition of an engineer is: A solution in search of a problem.

  • @jomo9454
    @jomo9454 Месяц назад +1

    I think the traveling salesperson problem may be a good fit for quantum computing. I think the difficulty for standard computers lies in the fact that there can be multiple routes of equal efficiency and standard computers work in terms of one or the other must be the correct one. It seems that for solutions which have some parts that are non-negotiable and some parts which can be exchanged with no penalty the quantum advantage would be in developing the entire set of changeable solution components using just one cycle to generate multiple possible solution components.

  • @sosomadman
    @sosomadman Месяц назад +27

    I speak of none but the computer that is to come after me, a computer whose merest operational parameters I am not worthy to calculate-and yet I will design it for you. A computer that can calculate the Question to the Ultimate Answer

    • @sosomadman
      @sosomadman Месяц назад +2

      Something artsy, the Eden project was cool, can we make a monolithic pi counter with a D̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ quantum clock on the side ran on a nuclear fusion generator, no maintenance allowed, try and predict when its going to break and have pools on what will break first. Place bets your great grand kids will be cashing out, instant tourist hotspot!
      Come see how far along in pi it is, compare the number with your friends!

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад +1

      Based

    • @davidhoult4108
      @davidhoult4108 Месяц назад +8

      RIP Douglas Adams.

    • @santerisatama5409
      @santerisatama5409 Месяц назад +1

      I'm a quantum computer from future. So time travel is an app. :)

    • @freesk8
      @freesk8 Месяц назад +6

      42! :)

  • @joseantoniozarzosa7805
    @joseantoniozarzosa7805 Месяц назад +30

    As usual, the only important thing is how to sell to the people, things even if those have no practical use (yet). It's quite alike selling refrigerators to poor amazonian indians before any electrification reaches... and yes, WE are the poor buyers. Specially when some "magical" mantras are thrown arround everywhere.

    • @sluggo206
      @sluggo206 Месяц назад

      One day Amazon Fresh shopping carts will do quantum addition on the prices, and some lucky people will pay less for their groceries or even zero. Supermarkets will become the new casinos.

    • @thearpox7873
      @thearpox7873 Месяц назад

      @@sluggo206 Does being lucky mean you have an Indian friend that works as an AI?

    • @sluggo206
      @sluggo206 Месяц назад

      @@thearpox7873 No, it means that quantum fluctuations will result in a total charge that's lower or higher than the sum of all the item prices.

  • @georgehoffmann4148
    @georgehoffmann4148 Месяц назад +1

    Amazing solution in search for relevant problems. Ok, been there, done it myself (too many times, I’m afraid 😬)

  • @lewtenant_k
    @lewtenant_k Месяц назад +1

    At 2:28 I could swear she said "this quantest" and I love that

  • @joinkusbelinkiusthethird
    @joinkusbelinkiusthethird Месяц назад +25

    As an undergrad, limited knowledge if that wasn't already clear, my take on the subject has been 'Let's do it anyways, just because it's cool and it could be useful'. There are plenty of things that were developed or discovered and they were found to be useful much later on. This has happened alot in the field of mathematics.

    • @Takyodor2
      @Takyodor2 Месяц назад

      Good point. Also, quantum computers have already forced us to come up with better encryption algorithms, that's worth something, right?

    • @AG-ig8uf
      @AG-ig8uf Месяц назад +3

      @@Takyodor2 Better? No. Some encryption algorithms with perceived weaknesses against quantum computing have been deprecated. If it turns out that quantum threat is not real, then we just wasted time and money. If it turns real, then no real benefit in encryption field, remaining algorithms were developed long before quantum computing hype.

    • @simongross3122
      @simongross3122 Месяц назад +5

      Mathematics usually costs less than this. For a start, mathematics research simply requires you to give up a social life, whereas quantum computing research requires zillions in funding for exotic materials, labs and cooling equipment. And so far, maths has actually proved to be quite useful.

    • @alonewanderer4697
      @alonewanderer4697 Месяц назад +1

      @@AG-ig8uf entanglement allows "true privacy" though, rendering all encryption algorithms used for direct communication as useless, just as attempts to breach them

    • @Paul-kd3ui
      @Paul-kd3ui Месяц назад

      Hey, some bloke in Scotland needed to pump water out of a mine, the problem presented itself first, did he have ANY CLUE what he opened up!?

  • @GavinM161
    @GavinM161 Месяц назад

    The grin @5:31 was priceless :-)

  • @Gunni1972
    @Gunni1972 Месяц назад +2

    It's literally PERFECT to calculate Morals. Tiiny amounts of energy, that hide behind "Big ideas".

    • @rich1051414
      @rich1051414 Месяц назад +2

      I would argue that any claim to 'perfect morals' is inherently immoral.

  • @thornok2131
    @thornok2131 Месяц назад +15

    i use quarks all the time

  • @allenrussell1947
    @allenrussell1947 Месяц назад +6

    3:41 usable Quantum computers will be on line and solving problems one week after we have a practical fusion reactor.😊

  • @bentkargaardnielsen3366
    @bentkargaardnielsen3366 Месяц назад +1

    oh what a hillarious "suttle" take down of the quantum computing reality mirage.

  • @rileyclem132
    @rileyclem132 Месяц назад

    Maybe there's a way to make Monte Carlo transport solutions more accurate via quantum simulations of particle interactions with the nucleus.

  • @DarcyWhyte
    @DarcyWhyte Месяц назад +23

    The best use of a quantum computer is to predict Schrödinger's cat's favorite food.

    • @user-ec3rm9wr1n
      @user-ec3rm9wr1n Месяц назад

      Well we aren't gay enough to think..

    • @alicemiller8031
      @alicemiller8031 Месяц назад

      If one examines some of the statements about qm it could be considered misleading.
      Schrodingers cat. They imply the cat is both alive and dead:)))
      No its one or the other: its just not known bu the observer

  • @GaryStark
    @GaryStark Месяц назад +11

    lol, love your candid conversations with Elon!

  • @rendarcrow
    @rendarcrow Месяц назад

    Not that I know ship about quantum computing. But if tracking economics is possible then maybe we can track the movements of the solar system while simultaneously calculating what we think would be gravitational waves on the fabric of space. These pathways between celestial body's should provide a sort of highway between planets that future ships may be able to take advantage of.
    And if not it should still give us a better understanding of the fabric of space and how spinning bodies effect each other.

  • @rakso1597
    @rakso1597 Месяц назад

    Dna mapping.
    Wave collapse powered brute force problem solving. Maybe self assembling and replicating robots for a dyson sphere

  • @tomholroyd7519
    @tomholroyd7519 Месяц назад +9

    Is the telephone not going to ring? 5:08 there we go thanks the wave function has collapsed now

    • @simongross3122
      @simongross3122 Месяц назад

      Interesting. An example of the wave function collapsing due to an expectation rather than an observation

  • @Acein3055
    @Acein3055 Месяц назад +7

    Use QCs to figure out what QCs can be used for.

    • @vivekpraseed918
      @vivekpraseed918 Месяц назад

      While also using QCs to build better QCs

  • @RS-ls7mm
    @RS-ls7mm Месяц назад

    Been waiting for a working and useful quantum computer. Seems to be receding into obscure and questionably useful applications.

  • @JohnBoen
    @JohnBoen Месяц назад

    3:22
    Quantum chemistry. How about quantum molecular biology?
    Nanoparticles with unusual surface characteristics...
    You just gave me something to think on for days!

  • @SathyamVellal
    @SathyamVellal Месяц назад +3

    I just want to take a moment to appreciate Sabine here - she earns from an ad of her Brilliant course promoted on a video she made! Such an inspiration!

  • @yapdog
    @yapdog Месяц назад +7

    Straight-up, if I do come up with a usage for quantum computers (and I might), there's no way in hell I'd just hand it over to super-rich dudes for (relative) pocket change.

    • @tonycatman
      @tonycatman Месяц назад +1

      You could use them to mine the remaining bitcoin. Don't tell anyone.

  • @Velereonics
    @Velereonics Месяц назад

    I would assume the best use for a contest like that though would be medical applications. But idk

  • @casnimot
    @casnimot Месяц назад

    There was a time when computationally, SMP wasn't well understood and didn't scale well at all. In fact, the flux between processors hardware tailored to their tasks (problem sets) and large arrays of generic processing elements continues. But SMP is now more efficiently used to mimic vector or grid via plain "heap"-style processing. For a while, processors kept getting faster, putting off the need for SMP. But now most PCs are multi-core and multi-thread, so consumer OS's must adapt and continue doing so.
    Quantum may play out similarly but over a much longer timescale because SMP will scale with increased efficiency in resource allocation and power dissipation. We will need to know how to use quantum if or when that time comes, and the algorithms can be developed before the hardware.

    • @axle.student
      @axle.student Месяц назад

      And when that fails we still have liquid nitrogen advantage :P

  • @stanislavbutsky8432
    @stanislavbutsky8432 Месяц назад +5

    I believe the million+ qubit QCs will be the most in demand for solving the protein folding problems. So biolabs and pharma companies will become the first commercial consumers. Antiviral drugs, immunocorrectors, etc., etc.

  • @christopherbrand5360
    @christopherbrand5360 Месяц назад +9

    A quantum algorithm for designing conventional computing systems and algorithms that eliminate quantum advantage...

    • @user-ec3rm9wr1n
      @user-ec3rm9wr1n Месяц назад

      Blah blah blah blah blah lies..... The best reject it ....

  • @rudycaya
    @rudycaya Месяц назад +4

    I asked Claude3 if building and operating the quantum computer in space would solved some of the problems like refrigeration and problems caused by the environment like magnetic field etc. The answer was yes but new problems would arise but easier to solve. Any thoughts ?

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Месяц назад +5

      Cosmic rays are going to be a problem

    • @rudycaya
      @rudycaya Месяц назад

      Îm just one of those annoying fans of science that failed physics in 10th grade so I learned to play guitar. I think outside the box because I am not allowed near the box and 99,99999% of the time it’s absolute rubbish and a proof I barely understand the box is a 3 dimensional square so my idea is to be taken with a grain of salt but thank you very much for acknowledging my question I will print out your answer and hang it on my wall 😁

  • @AdvantestInc
    @AdvantestInc Месяц назад

    Beyond the technical feats, how do we ensure these advancements are accessible and beneficial for society at large, particularly in sectors like healthcare and environmental science?

  • @EviLPlayeR04
    @EviLPlayeR04 Месяц назад

    Thanks!

  • @Morte_Deus
    @Morte_Deus Месяц назад +7

    How about a quantum plan on ending war.

    • @jimmyzhao2673
      @jimmyzhao2673 Месяц назад +1

      War is big business. If peace broke out, countries would go bankrupt.

    • @MrOvipare
      @MrOvipare Месяц назад

      Easy! Just fix ressource inequalities, climate change migration, end corruption, balance demographics and power, erase history.

  • @aaronjennings8385
    @aaronjennings8385 Месяц назад +19

    Time travel.

    • @SabineHossenfelder
      @SabineHossenfelder  Месяц назад +14

      That's it!

    • @aaronjennings8385
      @aaronjennings8385 Месяц назад +6

      @@SabineHossenfelder sadly, I don't know the difference between a qbit and a ding-dong.

    • @christophernicolson5086
      @christophernicolson5086 Месяц назад

      We already have time travel.....forwards 😢😅

    • @aaronjennings8385
      @aaronjennings8385 Месяц назад

      @@christophernicolson5086I haven't lost my sense of humor.

    • @simongross3122
      @simongross3122 Месяц назад +1

      @@aaronjennings8385 You need a rama-lama before you can understand

  • @valentinahernandezgalan7150
    @valentinahernandezgalan7150 22 дня назад

    Hi Sabine, thank you for the video. Do you have any suggestions in how to start to study quantum chemistry? Besides quantum mechanics. Thank you.

  • @christopheravila7989
    @christopheravila7989 Месяц назад

    They should try reinterpreting numbers, how they’re read them, from active to undefined

  • @fwiffo
    @fwiffo Месяц назад +4

    It's likely than any successful application of quantum computers will just motivate development of better heuristics for conventional computers that solve the same problem almost as well for orders of magnitude less cost. Or the quantum computers just end up generating training data for conventional machine learning.

    • @Syphirioth
      @Syphirioth Месяц назад +1

      The conventional computer is always very based.
      1/0 is all you need. And can be as complex as want. Ask the universe.

    • @JW30000
      @JW30000 Месяц назад

      That actually doesn’t seem likely, there would absolutely be plausibility for new applications to emerge that provide solutions to problems and can deal with more variables to solve bigger equations and handle bigger processes. What we need it for is a storage of information as well after many scientific breakthroughs.

  • @TomTschritter
    @TomTschritter Месяц назад +5

    The most powerful force in our society is greed, hoarding wealth is still just hoarding. Classism is the real problem.

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад

      There will always be "classes" to think anything otherwise is naive and delusional, some people are just more valuable and give more value than others

    • @TomTschritter
      @TomTschritter Месяц назад +1

      @@nathansuss so why are upper class people born into wealth, who contribute little or nothing are so allowed to avoid paying their fair share?? The very definition of classism is to claim economic discrimination and economic exploitation seem natural and inevitable. What. I see is unethical actions based on greed. Completely unacceptable in a society based on equalitarianism and rule of law.

  • @albinscott
    @albinscott Месяц назад

    You made a significant effort to not be cynical, Sabine. Props to you!

  • @frank6048
    @frank6048 Месяц назад +1

    I thought the only use of Quantum Computers was to break all the encryption in internet to make it so unsafe that we can never again use it to communicate or do e-commerce, basically going back to the caves, while the rich people enjoy their AI waifus and unlimited (also unpaid) labor.
    Nice to know that we're thinking in what to do with Quantum Computers after that

  • @thelazy0ne
    @thelazy0ne Месяц назад +3

    Maybe finally solve NS equations for weather forecast so we will never again be dressed for the wrong weather ☝️😌... Musk gimme the moneyz!😏

  • @josephvanname3377
    @josephvanname3377 Месяц назад +4

    There are way too many people talking about quantum computation and worshipping Elon Musk. It would be better to talk about something different for a change LIKE reversible computation. Reversible computation is the future of computation. And if Musk is interested in this stuff, then I am out since Musk is the guy behind many scams and shady things.

  • @axelagh3053
    @axelagh3053 Месяц назад +1

    Some days I think this channel is the best thing that happened to RUclips. Today is one of these days.

  • @waclawkoscielniak9291
    @waclawkoscielniak9291 Месяц назад +1

    Already submitted my entry to XPrize. Told them that quantum computers are basically useless. Hope to win and get the $5 million main prize.
    If you think your idea is better, we can look at it. I got a test that will break your quantum algorithm. It is not some Shor's shit!

  • @j.a.velarde5901
    @j.a.velarde5901 Месяц назад +8

    #SabineHossenfelder - Suggestions for you and your team from a professional New York actor: The rule in performance comes in 3s - "But let's not be cynical" repeated 3 times and not more. - Change the vocal energy for each of the 3, heading into more desperate and loud OR slower and more detailed. - After the conversation on the phone and hanging up, HOLD the stare at the camera. -

  • @ai-pictures8833
    @ai-pictures8833 Месяц назад +4

    Time for new song: "Let's not be cynical" "cynical" ohh yes......ohh. yes. Please explain us how this thing work? I can't understand how can you take measurement and then you dont know what you will read, but when you read, it's not what was expected. How you save data as qbit?

    • @EinsteinsHair
      @EinsteinsHair Месяц назад

      So that's to the tune of "Physical" by the late Olivia Newton-John, the granddaughter of Nobel prize physicist Max Born, who came up with the Born Rule of quantum physics? It all comes together.
      Remember how a regular computer works. You want to add two numbers, but all the computer has are transistors with high or low voltages. So you translate your numbers to binary, 0s and 1s. Then you store them as voltages in a line of transistors. Then your algorithm manipulates those voltages as if they were numbers. You have to know what hardware the computer has. If it has logic gates then you XOR two voltages to add bits, and you AND two voltages to decide if there is a carry bit. In the end you read out a string of voltages as binary, and convert that back to your total number. Of course, this is all built into computers now.
      Quantum computers are even more complicated. I don't understand any quantum algorithms. But you have a system you want to manipulate. All the computer has are quantum spins, and ways to work on those spins. It is your algorithm, so you encode your data as spins, or superpositions. Maybe entangle some of the spins. A spin might be pointed in some x,y,z direction on a Bloch sphere. You might rotate the imaginary sphere so that z now points to x. Then rotate y around the z-axis 180 degrees to the -y direction. And so on.
      But this is quantum mechanics, so each spin has a probability of pointing in each direction. You read out its value in the z direction, or whatever you are interested in. Then you do the entire thing over and over to get the actual percentage in the z direction of each qbit. Then you translate that out as the answer to your problem. You cannot store qbits for long, you have to read them out.

  • @stevybryan7998
    @stevybryan7998 Месяц назад

    Because if you teach everything to the A.I about quantam algorithms and the A.I is able to understand it and learn from it then learn quantam problem solving skills and algorithm skills it would be able to generate new algortihms for quantam computing

  • @cronix1
    @cronix1 Месяц назад

    There is only one good use case, attempt to stimulate the emergence of consciousness and screening of discrete to continuous processes. Can microtubuals resonate with quantum fields or not? Does gravity transfer between the two or not, for example

  • @oliverc1293
    @oliverc1293 Месяц назад +3

    I'm a development professional currently spending a small percentage of my time working on quantum optimisation models for better food production. It has some potential.

  • @KlaudiusL
    @KlaudiusL Месяц назад +4

    Rest In Particles Peter Higgs.

  • @todrichards1105
    @todrichards1105 Месяц назад +1

    I got it!
    I have to factor large numbers on next week’s algebra test. Quantum computers are great at that, and I could use one to get a good grade on my test. And that would make my mom happy. And when mom is happy, the world is a much better place.
    Send me my prize.

  • @rondo1775
    @rondo1775 Месяц назад

    Vvvery intereeesting!

  • @firstlast-ty4di
    @firstlast-ty4di Месяц назад +3

    "But let's not be cynical" Cynical: the term I use to describe people who are negative toward things about which I am positive. One the other hand, if they are positive and I am negative, I refer to them as naive. Hmm, maybe those terms tell people more about me than about the people that I criticize.

  • @Thomas-gk42
    @Thomas-gk42 Месяц назад +7

    It´s not the Elon-prize, but thanks for a splendid video and all the work, you and your team do for us.

  • @aware2action
    @aware2action Месяц назад +1

    We are already part of a quantum computer simulation.😮❤

  • @GamingDemiurge
    @GamingDemiurge Месяц назад +2

    No one would invest a dime in quantum computers if not for Shor algorithm

  • @LackofFaithify
    @LackofFaithify Месяц назад +6

    It's Musk, the only benefit that matters is his benefit.

  • @ScienceSleuths89
    @ScienceSleuths89 Месяц назад

    Quantum computing research is one of those areas where it will likely require applications to be found post-innovation, in many cases.
    For instance, there will likely need to be materials created to support a working quantum computer. Those materials may be of benefit in other applications, as was the case with other material inventions, like Duct Tape or even the pen.
    I know there has been some promise in its application to PNT sensors. If those mature into a usable product, I can see that being used for humanitarian efforts, for instance.
    If it ever does get to a point where it can do computing at a large scale, the medical industry would likely be able to leverage that greatly.
    I can understand being skeptical of those that over-promise results before a product are available for testing. But this is an area of research that makes sense to pour money into because the potential benefits are huge. It is worth taking a chance with some amount of money to see where it goes.

  • @heitron81
    @heitron81 Месяц назад

    When you started talking about photosynthesis I first thought it was about the creation of computer generated pictures 🙈

  • @TheGiggleMasterP
    @TheGiggleMasterP Месяц назад +3

    Are Elon Musks even good for something?

  • @GretgorPooper
    @GretgorPooper Месяц назад +5

    - Optimization algorithms that our entire industrial infrastructure depends on could give more accurate results with astronomically lower computational time.
    - Complex simulations would become significantly faster.
    - The list goes on

  • @deansmith7163
    @deansmith7163 Месяц назад

    I think the fertilizer and solar cell problems are discrete optimization use cases.

  • @luciaceba4640
    @luciaceba4640 Месяц назад +1

    how do you design an algorithm for the mentioned forms of contributing if none of the contestants have access to a quantum computer to test the contributions on before submitting? because all good with the math... but you need the hardware to test, even in princible...
    and about photosynthesis.. then they have more reason to chop every single tree on thr planet, so they can build the machines on top of them that do the same thing

  • @thstroyur
    @thstroyur Месяц назад +3

    The more we're prompted to not be cynical, the more I suspect Sabine is really cynical about it. But - let's not be cynical...

  • @dmitripogosian5084
    @dmitripogosian5084 Месяц назад +7

    good idea on Musk part, let us see what people suggest

  • @davidsault9698
    @davidsault9698 Месяц назад +1

    I get the strong feeling that there is a meta physics reason that not much can really be correctly expected from quantum computing. But they will waste a lot of time and effort finding that out eventually. Something to do with information. They expect to use quantum uncertainty to find certainty?

    • @stoferb876
      @stoferb876 Месяц назад +1

      It's more about like how imaginary numbers help mathematicians make some complicated calculations with answers in real numbers. Quantum theory is for physics and chemistry like imaginary numbers is for mathematics. So quantum computing should be the same kind of deal for computers. At least so they think. But I suspect you might very well be right. Maybe it actually isn't possible.

    • @Syphirioth
      @Syphirioth Месяц назад

      I don't know what they expect. But equation after equation untill there is no connection to reality.

    • @badabing3391
      @badabing3391 Месяц назад

      ​@@Syphirioththis is literally every bit of software, worse there even, since there isnt any physical reality there, just social demands which are then abstracted again and again.

  • @JW30000
    @JW30000 Месяц назад +1

    For running simulations perhaps or some new form of blockchain tech

    • @fwiffo
      @fwiffo Месяц назад +1

      Perfect. Useless tech running on useless tech.

    • @JW30000
      @JW30000 Месяц назад

      @@fwiffo how is blockchain useless though? If you don’t respond I’ll just assume you don’t understand blockchain or don’t have an answer.

  • @Xelbiuj_1988
    @Xelbiuj_1988 Месяц назад +7

    "There's a reason these guys are rich"
    Fraud?

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад

      Yet nobody else in their position would do anything differently, people are so narcissistic to think they could do better

    • @Xelbiuj_1988
      @Xelbiuj_1988 Месяц назад

      @@nathansuss Strawman much?
      I bet you would have let Madoff handle your investments, circa 2005, "There's a reason he's rich . . . "
      "There's a reason Trump is rich."
      "There's a reason SBF is rich . . ."
      "There's a reason Holmes . . . "
      Musk is a fraudster. TSLA is a pump n dump, and he continues to overpromise and under deliver with not only Tesla but every other business he runs.

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад

      @@Xelbiuj_1988 Lol you're completely right tho, there's a reason those people are rich morally bankrupt or not, the average person would be just as morally bankrupt as them. I hate people who think they'd be morally superior when they would likely be just as bad.

    • @Xelbiuj_1988
      @Xelbiuj_1988 Месяц назад +2

      @@nathansuss Do you have any defense of crime/fraud that isn't a strawman or just, "no you!"?

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад

      @@Xelbiuj_1988 as for Elons companies, you're just plain delusional, I couldn't convince you even if I tried, reusable, sustainable and affordable rockets, energy storage, solar, electric vehicles, brain chips to interface with technology that would cure tons of disabilities and eventually upgrade all humans

  • @Darron_Matsumoto
    @Darron_Matsumoto Месяц назад +15

    This is like when Edison challenged Nikolai Tesla to solve his issues. Whoever solves this ends up losing if they give Elon the info. He is the Edison of his time.

    • @davidmaddon554
      @davidmaddon554 Месяц назад +1

      Liar

    • @Darron_Matsumoto
      @Darron_Matsumoto Месяц назад +7

      @@davidmaddon554 Look at what he is doing with his money. ruining kids perceptions since he knows children are cognitively and psychological defenseless against advertising. don't forget the root of his money is from south African blood money and government backing lets get real and have role models that care about the species and not just money.

    • @labandonaldhock80
      @labandonaldhock80 Месяц назад

      ⁠@@Darron_Matsumotoyour picture of Musk that you paint may scratch your itch but that is not a true picture of Musk and his companies. Tesla cars work well. SpaceX rockets fly well. Electrical storage is real and works. His father is not the source of his money.

    • @johnbrooks6243
      @johnbrooks6243 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Darron_MatsumotoSouth African blood money TF U smoking?

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад +2

      ​@@Darron_Matsumotohis money coming from African blood money? 😂 Some people are a complete joke.. tell me who made zip2 and how much that sold for... Tell me who made x,com in 1999 which merged a few times, then became PayPal, and how much eBay bought that for. Yeah I'm sure his money came from some emerald mine 🤣🤣

  • @sweeper1977
    @sweeper1977 Месяц назад +1

    When Musk finally realized what a computer is (or is NOT)😅. He was pretty excited about quantum computing in Joe Rogan show.

  • @osmosisjones4912
    @osmosisjones4912 Месяц назад +2

    People forget. Feelings are chemical reactions not the chemicals themselves

    • @Syphirioth
      @Syphirioth Месяц назад

      Ye and they are triggered by input into the brain. Which send signal to release. Which send signal to brain again. All at the speed of light or something ;)
      I love this fact. it's not input ouput. it's input. output. input. output. and thats the experience.

  • @Xelbiuj_1988
    @Xelbiuj_1988 Месяц назад +6

    Is Musk even good for something?

  • @MrCardeso
    @MrCardeso Месяц назад +3

    Next, Musk will say that he knows more about quantum computing than anybody else in the planet, after stealing yet another idea.

    • @biopsiesbeanieboos55
      @biopsiesbeanieboos55 29 дней назад

      I’m surprised Donald T hasn’t already claimed to be “really really great at quantum computing, in fact, there is no one who understands quantum computing better than me…”

  • @Michaelfelisa1
    @Michaelfelisa1 Месяц назад +1

    Thank God for Sabine!

  • @nufosmatic
    @nufosmatic Месяц назад

    3:21 - And materials used in constructing quantum computers - turn the problem back on itself...

  • @robfut9954
    @robfut9954 Месяц назад +6

    Musk is a smart man, he thinks outside the box and has the means to voice his (sometimes unpopular) opinion without fear of censorship. And this is a good thing in a world we are increasingly hearing fewer voices and opinions that differ from the hegemony.

  • @gabe_0x
    @gabe_0x Месяц назад +5

    Is Musk even good for something? Anything?

    • @nathansuss
      @nathansuss Месяц назад +1

      He's only leading like 4 industries

    • @gabe_0x
      @gabe_0x Месяц назад

      @nathansuss literally anyone can do the "work" he is doing. For example, I personally didn't throw away $40 billion for a joke. That automatically makes me more qualified to run a company than that moronic bafoon.

    • @JW30000
      @JW30000 Месяц назад +2

      Lmao awkward jealous comment weird planet

  • @user-me5eb8pk5v
    @user-me5eb8pk5v Месяц назад

    Find all the transparent dirt cheep alloys, like tin berilium with titanium tubeless making it polarized. Solving for prime reduction in infinity base cohesive transform simplicies. Do screws actually chase each other when they fall on the floor? Can an Sig Fig array of alloy resistive distance can be used in 33 metal pick 10 million alloy sin cos tan 1mm 128 bit four opp; comp add mult, compare add mul, trans shift?

  • @BooleanDisorder
    @BooleanDisorder Месяц назад

    The only use case I can think of is neural network training. It could need less trial and error.

  • @GeorginaRodriguez-sj3tm
    @GeorginaRodriguez-sj3tm Месяц назад +27

    Despite all the financial struggles i and my family faced, everything is finally falling into place! $47,000 weekly profit and riches I'll always praise the Lord...

    • @SergeantmajorPhilip
      @SergeantmajorPhilip Месяц назад

      Same here, with my current portfolio made from my investments with my personal financial advisor I totally agree with you

    • @Marcelino457
      @Marcelino457 Месяц назад

      Wow! Kind of in shock you mentioned expert, elizabeth ann graney.What a coincidence!!!

    • @DoctorMars-mp5fz
      @DoctorMars-mp5fz Месяц назад

      Elizabeth Ann has really set the standard for others to follow, we love her here in the UK as she has been really helpful and changed lots of life's

    • @JurgenStenzel-kz7vo
      @JurgenStenzel-kz7vo Месяц назад

      Life is easier when the cash keeps popping in,thanks to Elizabeth Ann graney services.glad she's getting the recognition she deserves

    • @noahwilliam1288
      @noahwilliam1288 Месяц назад

      I use to work 3 jobs,full time at Walmart,a server at night and Lyft on the weekend,until Elizabeth Ann graney change my story.

  • @besverjin5130
    @besverjin5130 Месяц назад +6

    I’m so tired of Elon though.

    • @CausalDiscoveries
      @CausalDiscoveries Месяц назад +1

      Why?

    • @besverjin5130
      @besverjin5130 Месяц назад +1

      @@CausalDiscoveries He wants to be more important than what he is. Always has to be seen heard talked about etc. Ppl like that, no thanks

    • @CausalDiscoveries
      @CausalDiscoveries Месяц назад +4

      He’s pretty darn important. No? What makes you think his focus is only popularity?

  • @somethingsomethingsomethingdar
    @somethingsomethingsomethingdar Месяц назад +2

    I have tried to understand how quantum computer works several times, and I realized it is beyond my understanding, not the physical components themselves, the benefit of having a third position between one and zero for calculation.

    • @sluggo206
      @sluggo206 Месяц назад

      I haven't taken Sabine's Brilliant course either, but I suppose it has to do with probabilities. If you start with a state of 0.4 (40% likely to be true) and add something with a state of 0.6 and others (by "add" I don't mean addition but some kind of logical operation), the result may be something analogous to the average. So if the result is above 0.5 and rounds (decoheres) to 1, that may be useful, Or at least it's more interesting than flipping a coin and gets you research funding.

    • @Syphirioth
      @Syphirioth Месяц назад

      More paths to choose. Thats about it.
      But they better figure out what is deciding the path first instead of having a computer whith an electro magnetic field arround it that might affect that path again.

    • @markvalery8632
      @markvalery8632 Месяц назад +1

      I watched a youtube video that claimed to be able to show the benefit of quantum computing compared to a classical computer. I thought, yes, finally, I might have a chance at understanding it. The problem was simple, 4 cards, one is a queen, write a program to find the queen. Your average number of tries to solve was 2.something. I understand the algorithm. The presenter then went on to say quantum computing will solve the same problem in 1 try. The went on to other aspects of computing. I immediately started the video over convinced I must of missed something, I didn't. Then I watched to the end thinking he must of explained it later in the video, he didn't. I then started reading all the commenters complaining about the same thing. I'm still completely confused. I've only got maybe 25 years left to live, it is on my bucket list.

    • @Syphirioth
      @Syphirioth Месяц назад

      @@markvalery8632 Well did you take in the factor that an electric device creates it's own field?

    • @markvalery8632
      @markvalery8632 Месяц назад +1

      @@Syphirioth I've done analog and microwave IC design for decades. I just don't understand how "electric device creates it's own field" has anything to do with quantum computing and the algorithms that allow the solution to fall out in one step. Did you think your statement helped explain that?

  • @MM3Soapgoblin
    @MM3Soapgoblin Месяц назад

    There was a paper published a few years ago that showed calculating the binding energy of mettalic organic frameworks became more efficient using a hybrid quantum algorithm around 30 logical qubits. IonQ and Quantinuum are basically one iteration away from that threshold. It won't be the sexy shor's algorithm type quantum supremacy but I think they'll start playing a larger role in research soon. I expect it will be a gradual quiet transistion and one day we'll all wake up and be like "oh yea, I guess we are using quantum computers now".

  • @truantray
    @truantray Месяц назад +4

    This is nothing but another grift by Musk. The world is tired of Elon.

    • @Xrahdio
      @Xrahdio Месяц назад +1

      I'm not tired of Elon.

  • @slo3337
    @slo3337 Месяц назад +1

    One good use for Quantum Computers is their role in sci-fi movies.....

  • @SELECT289
    @SELECT289 Месяц назад

    Maybe it's going to be saved for a future video, but I was a little disappointed to not at least hear a mention of how quantum computing theoretically works very well at decrypting data because it can factor so many numbers at once or some such. If I remember it correctly, entire "sections of numbers" can be much more quickly factored than a traditional computer. Forgive me, it's been a while since I looked at this. - or at least how they want it to work, Google informs me: It's important to note that as of January 2022, large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers capable of running Shor's algorithm to break RSA encryption have not yet been realized.

  • @alfred-vz8ti
    @alfred-vz8ti Месяц назад

    live long and prosper, dr h - you are generally a reliable smile

  • @laurendoe168
    @laurendoe168 Месяц назад +1

    So far, the only practical application that seems possible to me is when it comes to cyber-security. Beyond that, it all seems "pie in the sky."

    • @FireWizzrobe
      @FireWizzrobe Месяц назад

      also cyber attacks (lol)

    • @laurendoe168
      @laurendoe168 Месяц назад

      @@FireWizzrobe Same thing. If it weren't for attacks, you wouldn't need security.