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$100,000 Prize: Prove Quantum Computers Impossible |
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Written by Soulskill
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Saturday, 04 February 2012 09:38 |
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FG_AUTHORS: Soulskill
mikejuk writes "Quantum computing is currently a major area of research — but is this all a waste of effort? Now Scott Aaronson, a well-known MIT computer scientist, has offered a prize of $100,000 for any proof that quantum computers are impossible: 'I'm now offering a US$100,000 award for a demonstration, convincing to me, that scalable quantum computing is impossible in the physical world.' Notice the two important conditions — 'physical world' and 'scalable.' The proof doesn't have to rule out tiny 'toy' quantum computers, only those that could do any useful work."Read more of this story at Slashdot. Read more:
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