Quantum Computing For Dummies

Chapter 18

Ten Tech Questions Answered

IN THIS CHAPTER

Looking for Ant-Man when you need him

Estimating the arrival date for practical quantum computing results

Anticipating the results when quantum computing meets AI

One of the authors (whurley) gives a lot of quantum computing talks at conferences and other events around the world. The following questions about quantum-based technologies in general, and quantum computing in particular, are from recent talks. This chapter focuses on questions about the technology, starting with a couple of questions about quantum mechanics in general and followed by questions about quantum computing. See the next chapter for a related set of questions about the business of quantum computing.

Will Quantum Technology Find Its Way into a Consumer Product?

The basic principles of quantum mechanics were set out between 1900 and 1930, as described in Chapter 3. But practical uses of quantum technology followed quickly, including television (1927), the atomic bomb (1945), and lasers (1960).

Questions important to quantum computing have been considered for centuries, but the first proposal for a quantum computer was put forth by Richard Feynman in the ...