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How to Program a Quantum Computer - Robert Smith

stylewarning · Youtube · 47 HN points · 0 HN comments
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How do we tell a quantum computer what to do? For that matter, how do we tell any computer what to do? In this talk, Robert will share how we are able to treat computers as machines that do useful work, as opposed to just being boxes of wires and silicon. An up-and-coming technology, called quantum computers, are a next-generation computer that have the potential to outperform even the best supercomputers at some tasks. Robert will tell a story about what a quantum computer is, and how their strange nature can nonetheless be commanded in much the same way as any other computer, in the right frame of mind.

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This is a recording of the first Marc Grenville-Cleave Memorial Lecture, in Nottingham, UK.

Hosted at the University of Nottingham on May 1, 2018.
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May 31, 2018 · 47 points, 2 comments · submitted by reikonomusha
⬐ virgil_disgr4ce
Nice little intro. Spends a lot of time on the poor kid that died :( The mention of pyQuil is a great jumping-off-point—It was great to see specific examples of real-world implementations, however simple.
⬐ barbegal
If you want to know the current (or at least 2016) state of actually running an algorithm on a real quantum computer then this video is great https://vimeo.com/180284417 It's about using a quantum computer to perform supersampling / anti-aliasing
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