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We don't really know anything useful that can be done with quantum computers for civilization.

They can break some cryptography... other than that... what are they good for?

There's some highly speculative ideas about using them for chemistry/biology research, but no guaranteed return on investment at all.

As far as I know... that's it.


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dwnw01/21/2025

Who can break crypto with quantum computing? That is total speculation.

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