Do you think quantum computing is going to grow and become the new modern day computers?

megaimpulse: Do you think quantum computing is going to grow and become the new modern day computers?
Its a very hard concept to grasp but quantum computing could completely change computers today. Do you think this will happen if so why.
Sorry if my information is off.

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Answer by Silver
WOW. i just looked that up after reading your question, and i actually think i might want to study that now… have you already studied it or were you thinking about it… i would really love to know.
i think this would revolutionize how we see, use, and understand computers.

Answer by Biofreak
Yes, I think quantum computing, or something similar to it, will become an important technology in the future. Actually, it has not even really started at this point, so it will not take much for it to grow. Right now, quantum computing is a research field that is being pursued by academic researchers at universities and government labs. There really is not a much going on in the industry sector because the technology is too new and has no well defined pay off in the next several decades. No quantum computer (in a scalable system) has yet been demonstrated, even at the most simple level. And anything that will occur in the next decade will be thousands of times smaller (or less complex) than what you would need to make a quantum computer useful. Therefore it will still be awhile before we see any social applications of this technology. But, that being said, it does have a possible huge potential. What that potential is, no one knows. Quantum computing will not replace regular computers, because it is not good at the same types of problems. But understanding and controlling things at the quantum level will certainly lead to some powerful applications. And quantum computing research is at the forefront of this question. It is likely that this type of work will lead to the ability to simulate quantum systems, which will help us further understand and possibly apply quantum mechanics. It is also likely that quantum computing research (and quantum research in general) will lead to improvements in sensor and measurement technology that will likely have far-reaching application. For example, quantum computing techniques developed in trapped ions were recently applied to an atomic clock, allowing for the most accurate measurement of time, to date. In fact, that was the most accurate measurement of anything ever, with accuracy to the seventeenth decimal place. Some might wonder why measuring things accurately is important or useful. That’s a complicated question, but in general, the better you can measure, the better things will work and the more complicated a task you can perform. The precision of GPS is a good testament to the usefulness of measuring time very accurately, and similar value for measurement of other parameters is possible. So, I thnk that quantum computing will be an important tools, or at least will result in important tools that will revolutionize our technology. But no one can predict how far this technology will eventually go.