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by dekhn 2300 days ago
it is huge. that's the only reason people are motivated to implement QC- because in principle then we can break crypto, do QM much faster, solve intractable problems, etc.

Day-to-day, we're not really blocked on QC to get important work done.

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Ok but what I’m looking for is an actual example of an intractable problem.

Breaking crypto is one, I guess, but it’s also one that makes everything worse, so I don’t take that as a useful outcome.