quantum computing in next 5-10 years for sure will be the next grift, the wheels are already turning

Quantum computing is soooo 2018, you want space data centres for the next 5-10 years (or "5-10 tears" as the apple keyboard gave me the first time).

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im_down_w_otp 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Its zeitgeist appeal has been stuck for like 20 years.

The problem with it is that unlike sell-side mortgage fraud, self-driving cars, crypto, and current AI… quantum computing doesn’t have a simple, approachable, mass appeal parlour trick to rally around.

Until it gets one, it’s never going to facilitate the scale of grift and graft as the others.

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pclmulqdq 6 hours ago | parent [-]

The threat of breaking all encryption has been a slow-burning $1 trillion or more grift for the field over the last 20-30 years. Not that anything has materialized from it. I am somewhat convinced that PQC is primarily being rolled out so that we can all stop funding those clowns (and because lattice-based cryptography is finally ready for prime time).

	▲	overgard 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know if breaking encryption will even matter if we just keep handing over all our data anyway.