Quantum computation is... a distinctively new way of harnessing nature... It will be the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes. (Ch. 9)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Quantum computation harnesses parallel universes to perform tasks that classical computers cannot.
- In plain terms
- Quantum computers use parallel universes to solve problems.
- What can you take from it?
- Quantum computing leverages parallel universes for computation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does quantum interference work?
- What tasks are uniquely quantum?
Another view
The idea of collaboration between universes is a metaphorical interpretation of quantum interference.
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