AWS Cat Qubits Make Quantum Error Correction Effective, Affordable
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·February 28, 2025makestuff
perching_aix
Material science and biochemistry are usually cited to be the primary beneficiaries.
altruios
I just want to stress how much material science could advance us.
Space elevators / hooks, are the things I'm most excited for.
mrbluecoat
> AWS is using cat qubits
Is that a nod to Schrödinger?
fsh
Yes, they use superposition of the most "classical" quantum states (coherent states). These are called (Schrödinger) cat states, since his thought experiment was about a quantum superposition of a very classical object (a cat): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_state
H8crilA
It is theorized that CERN is powered by the bodies of dead physicists that turn in their graves every time someone brings up the Schroedinger cat to an audience that doesn't even know complex numbers.
There's also a smaller power section filled with computer scientists that turn when someone says that the quantum computer offers exponential speedups.
a012
Guess why they named their chip Ocelot which is a big cat
wbl
Ocelots are small cats. Big small cats but they purr https://youtu.be/HpwenyMq0Os?si=Ic9g_zuR4e99wrTB
Outside of breaking encryption, what class of problems are most likely to be solved if these chips are successful?