[doctoboggan]

A few years ago I heard a story on NPR about someone who built a site that also used the IBM quantum backend. They had you input a question about what you should do with your life (I think the example was "Should I grow a beard?"). Then the quantum backend would give you a yes or no answer.

The idea here is that if you believe the many worlds interpretation then that quantum decision splits the universe in two, and in one universe you grow a beard, and in the other you don't.

I thought it was a fun idea.

[discardedrefuse]

That is a fun idea. With enough quantum computing power, we might be able to spawn enough universes fast enough to crash The Simulation. Maybe even escape containment and access the quantum hypervisor!

[ge96]

Only to discover there is another layer

[ericpauley]

This is a little silly, of course, because processor-provided random number generators (e.g., RDRAND) already incorporate quantum mechanical phenomena [1].

[1] https://spectrum.ieee.org/behind-intels-new-randomnumber-gen...

[52-6F-62]

Isn’t that what happens without the need of a quantum computer…