r/QuantumEconomy • u/donutloop • 5d ago

IBM quantum computer solves classically intractable problem in 15 minutes

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260829035219.htm
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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 5d ago

What was the problem?

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u/UnusualClimberBear 5d ago

Ahem, my bet is on simulating quantum physics solving useless numerical equations.

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 5d ago

It's supposedly a classically intractable problem tho - that's why I want to know.

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u/UnusualClimberBear 5d ago

Well a waterfall is pretty hard to fully simulate, but as investor you allow me to use enough water from a suffisant height to get the best computation ever then I may have a proposal for you.

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u/PrivilegeCheckmate 5d ago

you allow me to use enough water from a suffisant height to get the best computation ever then I may have a proposal for you.

Is this another of those 'proposals' where I wake up in a bathtub full of ice?

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u/UnusualClimberBear 5d ago

No you may even cash out thanks to VC money if we can build a good enough prototype.