Tag: quantum
All the articles with the tag "quantum".
Quantum machine learning: hype check
Published: at 09:30 PMWhat quantum machine learning promises, what has actually been proven, what has run on real hardware, and why my answer for now is "not yet."
Learning quantum computing on my own: what worked
Published: at 10:00 PMThe resources, the order, and the habits that actually helped me learn quantum computing outside of class, plus the parts that confused me.
Error correction: why one logical qubit needs a thousand physical ones
Published: at 09:25 PMWhy qubits fall apart, how error correction works without copying, what "below threshold" means, and what Google's Willow result actually showed.
Shor's algorithm and why your bank is nervous
Published: at 08:50 PMHow Shor's algorithm turns factoring into period finding, a worked N=15 example, what it breaks, what it doesn't, and why the migration is already happening.