Quantum computers here are real. You just haven’t noticed yet

It seems that the promise of quantum computers is that it will increase modern computing as we know it. Thanks to the exceptional arithmetic force, they will perform unimaginable exploits for any group of classic computers.

However, the reality of the quantum computers did not rise to the noise level. “Quantum feature” allegations – regular computers cannot solve regular computers but quantum computers can decrease both skeptics and lovers in this field. Certainly, we have seen Really impressive progressboth of them theory and experimentalBut many of them were “exploits” with a little real world application.

I am heading to become enthusiastic. But even for me, the analysis through – call – not to mention excessive noise sometimes feels bored and meaningless. So let’s back down. What will work on quantum technology truly Can we? To what extent we have reached? How should we deal with the flow of public relations in the so -called final progress for this week? To discuss these questions (or rather, to take off through noise), Gizmodo traveled to Uptown to the Manhattan office in IBM to chat with Jerry Zhaoboss IBM quantum. The next conversation was released a little for grammar and clarity.

Gayoung Lee, GizmodoWell, imagine that I am a person like, “Oh, quantum computing is a load of nonsense.” Why should I care at all with the quantum feature?

Jerry ZhaoIn the end, I think our goal is to bring useful quantum computing to the world. And a large part of quantum computing is that we have the opportunity to build Discrimination An account on what is present today. There is a mathematical statement for that, or that there are algorithms that can be proven that really show that quantum computing can outperform the classic (superior) computing, such as the collaboration of large numbers for breaking encryption or simulating very complex molecular structures, and the GROVER, all of which can be proven.

But another question is, what can we do with the things that people already build? This is very far from saying that there is an advantage of a specific type of problem, or it is an advantage in that it is better than all the classic techniques that you may throw. When you want to solve a problem, you have at your disposal in graphics processing units, the CPU portfolio, all computers in the world, and all the world’s algorithms to throw this problem, right?

The quantum feature, in fact, is that we can now use quantum computing plus What we have is available to us – classic resources – to solve a cheaper, faster or more accurate problem.

GizmodoThis is the departure from the famous journalist hook that goes, “Quantum computing will change computing forever!”

ChaoI see the feature of quantity more like anything gradual. It is not that it necessarily changes everything we can calculate. Thus, a large number of graphics processing units have been increased. It was clear that it was used in games-it may be a specialized area-but they really achieved national computing strategies to take advantage of this for combined HPCS problems (high-performance computers) and for people who study molecular structure, cosmology, and high-energy physics problems that use a lot of arithmetic capacity. We expect something similar as well, so that Quantum is now a “reinforced tool”.

Gizmodo: The idea of reinforcement is really interesting, because computers – classic and quantity – are related to their nature, right? Confirm that quantum computers are working properly Useful verification is required with classic computers. How do researchers benefit from this relationship for their benefit?

ChaoThis is a very important part of how all this happens. Everything is interconnected with classic computing. The only way we know how to try a classic account – we put classic inputs in it, and we take classic inputs. Quantum computers use quantum mechanics and quantum circuits to explore some large space, but in the end we make measurements that return everything to the classic outputs that we then treat or use or benefit from them in parts of our account using other parts of our calculation. People should not be afraid that quantum will replace classic!

GizmodoIt is clear that IBM is a great player in this field, and she has participated in her quantitative research for 15 years. What is the thing that you are especially proud of in the world of awareness of this approach in favor of quantum?

ChaoWhen I started, we may have eight to ten people, focus a lot on just building better devices. Then in mid -2010, we made a decision to take what we have made and placed on the cloud to get things out of the physics laboratory and to an account. Suddenly, we started thinking about it as the best handles, voltage control and more in terms of how to use this already as an arithmetic tool and an arithmetic platform. Today, most of our systems are deployed in quantitative data centers around the world as well as on customer sites.

We started to see a lot of this participation. For example, we have Collaborators From the Riken Institute in Japan they use Quantum in addition to HPC To study the molecular structure. Since then, we have been able to start paying this energy level (necessary for accounts) near this high level of what is being done classically, and at this point we start making these comparisons.

Gizmodo: What is the important part of IBM strategy in this field?

Chao: Now, just a building is not enough. We need to extract the interest of quantum computers, and a large part of that is the community. We really need to claim the need for advanced computers and work with us to find the advantage of quantum and useful applications. This is a large part of our ecosystem strategy and why we have a quantitative network of about 300 members. We are not industry experts in various depths, but the opportunity is present for health careand Life SciencesOil, gas and energy industries.

GizmodoSo quantum computers are not actually anything from the future. They are actually here.

Chao: Yes. Quantum computers are TRUE Things that are Useless. It is clear that there is a lot of marketing, and a lot of tuna there. However, like, literally, you can go and run the quantum circles for free on our web devices. There is a lot to learn in terms of learning the content there. There is a huge societal base of people to help you start. You can inform ChatgPt with installation QISKIT. People do not need to experience this through marketing; Get your hands dirty!

Gizmodo: Okay. If the quantum advantage is gradual, then, then, is the next quantum teacher? What are you looking for more in the next ten, and perhaps five years – or even in the next few months, perhaps – for quantum computing?

ChaoWe are already driving towards a new device that we want to provide to users by the end of the year, called Nighthawk. I think the next big teacher will likely be a series of prominent features from a feature point of view, where you will see more and more “sticks” in the land of the most complex circles using quantum computers, with classic dealings, so again during the next year. We will share deeply with a high -performance computing community.