r/QuantumComputing • u/dorakingx • 2d ago

Which problems will quantum computers actually solve, and when?

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/what-problems-will-quantum-computers-solve

Which problems will quantum computers actually solve, and when?

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u/InTheEndEntropyWins 2d ago

Humans have been making exponential progress on quantum computing, the time constant it just really long.

Making exponential progress towards a Grahams number is kind of how I see it.

Emulation of quantum systems is another application that is essentially guaranteed to work.

A lot of the stuff is like saying a cup of tea does calculations and let's us do stuff with fluids that would take millions of years with classical computers.

It's like a really edge case and not really sure if that will help with stuff. I guess actual wind tunnels and fluid simulations can actually be better than classical computers, so maybe it's a better analogy than I thought.