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Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers
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- EwanG 2y agoSounds very much like someone did some theoretical work that said at 34 qubits you can do something interesting, and then other nations started copying the restriction while trying to figure out the why...
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoOr maybe the other way around. Maybe that to do something interesting, it would take at least 34 qubits.
- snapcaster 2y agoVery interesting, anyone have any insight into why 34 qubits was chosen?
- hulitu 2y ago42 was already taken. /s
- nemoniac 2y agoThis is reminiscent of the US government considering PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) with keys larger than 40 bits to be munitions and so could only be exported under license. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_i...
- test6554 2y agoBecause reliable quantum computers with a large number of qbits can, in theory, break traditional encryption schemes relatively easily (once you have the tech) and a lot of our society, economy, national security, and privacy relies on traditional encryption schemes. Someone in charge looks at the potential harm a thing can do by imagining themselves in a sociopath's shoes and gets justifiably scared. Dan Brown or Tom Clancy gets to sell another book, etc.