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#131 – Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is There a Useful Problem That Gets Solved With Quantum Computers?

I don't know that quantum computers are mature enough and accessible enough to be, um, figured out yet, right? I think the open question with quantum computers is, is there a useful problem that gets solved with quantum computer that makes it worth the economic cost of like having one. And this comes back to how do we make the world better either economically or making some ways life better by solving a problem that wasn't solved before. It's still like literally a science project, not a negative connotation. The progress there's amazing. We'll have to find an excuse to get involved at some point.

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