errors from feeble
interactions can mimic
destructive effects
Yet quantum superpositions are skittish creatures. Measure a qubit in a superposition state and it will collapse to either 0 or 1, wiping out any computation in progress. To make matters worse, errors stemming from feeble interactions between qubits and their environment can mimic the destructive effects of measurement. Anything that rubs a qubit the wrong way, whether it’s a nosy researcher or a stray photon, can spoil the computation.
From Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information by Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, Feb. 24, 2024.
I am not sure what it means either but it sounds really really bad and I really liked how the words rolled out.
On the other hand, I am not sure what other fields from Cooking to Politics to Relationships that the idea, errors stemming from feeble interactions between … (insert field here ie:) Cooking and their environment can mimic the destructive effects.
Anything that rubs a qubit the wrong way, whether it’s a nosy researcher or a stray photon, can spoil the computation.
Well …
Anything that rubs anything the wrong way, whether it’s a nosy researcher or a stray photon, can spoil anything.
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