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But what this cataclysmic eruption leaves behind might be even more remarkable: a ball of matter so dense that atomic electrons collapse from their
quantum
orbits into the depths of atomic nuclei.
It spanned everything from chaos math and
quantum
physics to fantasy role-playing and the Gaia hypothesis, right?
And when I was a second-year undergraduate studying physics at Cambridge, I remember spending an afternoon at Nana's house in Urmston studying
quantum
mechanics.
I said, "It's
quantum
mechanics, Nana."
There's
quantum
mechanics down in that corner, it's very small, it's very weird, it happens very quickly, and it's a long way down in the general ... on the scale of anything that matters for everyday life.
And it's really important, because there's all this talk about technology, we've heard talks about
quantum
computing and all these mysterious, far-off things.
They might discover some new
quantum
mechanics, but apples right here are still going to fall down.
It was the craziest thing, guys, but when it came to my influence and my exposure, I literally took a
quantum
leap.
But what if you could play this game on a
quantum
computer?
Now, Las Vegas casinos do not have
quantum
computers, as far as I know, but IBM has built a working
quantum
computer.
But what is a
quantum
computer?
Well,
quantum
physics describes the behavior of atoms and fundamental particles, like electrons and photons.
So a
quantum
computer operates by controlling the behavior of these particles, but in a way that is completely different from our regular computers.
So a
quantum
computer is not just a more powerful version of our current computers, just like a light bulb is not a more powerful candle.
Similarly, a
quantum
computer is a new kind of device, based on the science of
quantum
physics, and just like a light bulb transformed society,
quantum
computers have the potential to impact so many aspects of our lives, including our security needs, our health care and even the internet.
So companies all around the world are working to build these devices, and to see what the excitement is all about, let's play our game on a
quantum
computer.
So I can log into IBM's
quantum
computer from right here, which means I can play the game remotely, and so can you.
That means we can play 372 games against the
quantum
computer using your choices.
It seems like magic or cheating, but actually, it's just
quantum
physics in action.
A
quantum
computer is completely different.
A
quantum
bit has a more fluid, nonbinary identity.
So during the game, the
quantum
computer creates this fluid combination of heads and tails, zero and one, so that no matter what the player does, flip or no flip, the superposition remains intact.
Whether or not you stir, the fluids remain in a mixture, but in its final move, the
quantum
computer can unmix the zero and one, perfectly recovering heads so that you lose every time.
We do not experience this fluid
quantum
reality in our everyday lives.
So if you are confused by quantum, don't worry, you're getting it.
But even though we don't experience
quantum
strangeness, we can see its very real effects in action.
The
quantum
computer won because it harnessed superposition and uncertainty, and these
quantum
properties are powerful, not just to win coin games, but also to build future
quantum
technologies.
First of all,
quantum
uncertainty could be used to create private keys for encrypting messages sent from one location to another so that hackers could not secretly copy the key perfectly, because of
quantum
uncertainty.
They would have to break the laws of
quantum
physics to hack the key.
Just imagine the impact
quantum
encryption could have in the future.
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