>> THANKS FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. >>> GOOGLED ANNOUNCEDTHY
>>> GOOGLED ANNOUNCEDTHY QUANTUM.
QUANTUM. THEY CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT
THEY CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT NORMAL COMPUTERS FIND
NORMAL COMPUTERS FIND IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPOSSIBLE. JACOB WARD IS IN SAN FRANCISCO
JACOB WARD IS IN SAN FRANCISCO WITH MORE ON GOOGLE’S BIG
WITH MORE ON GOOGLE’S BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
ANNOUNCEMENT. >> ALISON, PRETTY MUCH
>> ALISON, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES INVOLVES
EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES INVOLVES A SORT OF RUDIMENTARY SORT OF
A SORT OF RUDIMENTARY SORT OF COMPUTING.
COMPUTING. I’M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I’M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING. I’M TALKING ABOUT YOUR BLENDER,
I’M TALKING ABOUT YOUR BLENDER, YOUR PHONE, THINGS LIKE MY IMAGE
YOUR PHONE, THINGS LIKE MY IMAGE BEING CARRIED ACROSS WHATEVER
BEING CARRIED ACROSS WHATEVER DEVICE IT’S BEING WATCHED ON.
DEVICE IT’S BEING WATCHED ON. ALL OF THIS HAPPENS USING BITS,
ALL OF THIS HAPPENS USING BITS, ONES AND ZEROS IN SEQUENCE.
ONES AND ZEROS IN SEQUENCE. THAT’S HOW ALL MODERN COMPUTING
THAT’S HOW ALL MODERN COMPUTING RECORDS AND TRANSMITS
RECORDS AND TRANSMITS INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. AND SO THE AMAZING PART OF
AND SO THE AMAZING PART OF QUANTUM COMPUTING IS IT CAN DO
QUANTUM COMPUTING IS IT CAN DO THINGS NO CURRENT COMPUTER CAN
THINGS NO CURRENT COMPUTER CAN DO.
DO. GOOGLE IN ITS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
GOOGLE IN ITS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THIS ESTIMATES IT TOOK ABOUT 200
THIS ESTIMATES IT TOOK ABOUT 200 SECONDS FOR ITS QUANTUM COMPUTER
SECONDS FOR ITS QUANTUM COMPUTER TO DO A CALCULATION THAT WOULD
TO DO A CALCULATION THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A NORMAL SUPER
HAVE TAKEN A NORMAL SUPER COMPUTER, EVEN THE HIGHEST THING
COMPUTER, EVEN THE HIGHEST THING WE HAVE TODAY, ABOUT 10,000
WE HAVE TODAY, ABOUT 10,000 YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH.
YEARS TO ACCOMPLISH. SO, WE’VE TAKEN 10,000 YEARS.
SO, WE’VE TAKEN 10,000 YEARS. THEY SAY IT ONLY TOOK 200
THEY SAY IT ONLY TOOK 200 SECONDS.
SECONDS. THAT’S AN INCREDIBLE
THAT’S AN INCREDIBLE BREAKTHROUGH.
BREAKTHROUGH. WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS?
WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT THIS? BEFORE YOU SAY, HEY, NERD, WHAT
BEFORE YOU SAY, HEY, NERD, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MY
DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MY LIFE?
LIFE? HERE’S THE AMAZING THING ABOUT
HERE’S THE AMAZING THING ABOUT IT.
IT. BASICALLY, NOT ONLY WOULD YOUR
BASICALLY, NOT ONLY WOULD YOUR PHONE AND THE TRANSMISSION OF
PHONE AND THE TRANSMISSION OF DATA AND ALL OF THIS STUFF BE
DATA AND ALL OF THIS STUFF BE TRANSFORMED BY THIS, BUT ALL
TRANSFORMED BY THIS, BUT ALL SORTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
SORTS OF NATIONAL SECURITY THINGS ARE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE
THINGS ARE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE ABILITY TO HAVE ONES AND
ABILITY TO HAVE ONES AND DISPLEASURES.
DISPLEASURES. BASICALLY THE PASSWORDS WE USE
BASICALLY THE PASSWORDS WE USE FOR ALL ENCRYPTION IS BASED ON
FOR ALL ENCRYPTION IS BASED ON THE IDEA IT WOULD TAKE FAR TOO
THE IDEA IT WOULD TAKE FAR TOO LONG, LET’S SAY 10,000 YEARS FOR
LONG, LET’S SAY 10,000 YEARS FOR A REGULAR COMPUTER TO OVERWHELM
A REGULAR COMPUTER TO OVERWHELM YOUR PASSWORD, TO FIGURE IT ALL
YOUR PASSWORD, TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT.
OUT. IT’S A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE
IT’S A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE BECAUSE WITH QUANTUM COMPUTING,
BECAUSE WITH QUANTUM COMPUTING, IN THEORY, YOU COULD QUICKLY
IN THEORY, YOU COULD QUICKLY GUESS AND BREAK DOWN A PASSWORD
GUESS AND BREAK DOWN A PASSWORD OR ANY OTHER ENCRYPTION SCHEME
OR ANY OTHER ENCRYPTION SCHEME JUST LIKE THAT.
JUST LIKE THAT. IN THIS CASE, THIS KIND OF
IN THIS CASE, THIS KIND OF COLLAPSING OF A 10,000-YEAR
COLLAPSING OF A 10,000-YEAR PROJECT TO 200 SECONDS IS THE
PROJECT TO 200 SECONDS IS THE SAME THING IT COULD DO WITH A
SAME THING IT COULD DO WITH A PASSWORD.
PASSWORD. IT’S ALL FAR OFF IN THE DISTANCE
IT’S ALL FAR OFF IN THE DISTANCE BUT AN AMAZING THING.
BUT AN AMAZING THING. OUR WHOLE LIVES COULD BE
OUR WHOLE LIVES COULD BE REVOLUTIONIZED BY THIS.
REVOLUTIONIZED BY THIS. WE’RE WANT TALKING ABOUT RANDOM
WE’RE WANT TALKING ABOUT RANDOM MATH EXPERIMENT.
MATH EXPERIMENT. WE’RE TALKING NEW MEDICINES, NEW
WE’RE TALKING NEW MEDICINES, NEW MATERIALS, ARTIFICIAL
MATERIALS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHICH DEPENDS ON
INTELLIGENCE, WHICH DEPENDS ON THIS LIMITED LANGUAGE OF
THIS LIMITED LANGUAGE OF COMPUTING WE USE.
COMPUTING WE USE. SO, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IF
SO, THE IDEA HERE IS THAT IF THEY REALLY BEGIN TO GO FORWARD
THEY REALLY BEGIN TO GO FORWARD FROM THIS, THIS IS JUST A FIRST
FROM THIS, THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP, BUT IF THEY BEGIN TO
STEP, BUT IF THEY BEGIN TO REALLY DEPLOY QUANTUM COMPUTING
REALLY DEPLOY QUANTUM COMPUTING IN THE WAY THEY IMAGINE,
IN THE WAY THEY IMAGINE, SUDDENLY WE’LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF
SUDDENLY WE’LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF INCREDIBLE BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE
INCREDIBLE BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE MATERIALS WE MAKE AND THE
MATERIALS WE MAKE AND THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WE BUILD
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WE BUILD AND EVERYTHING ELSE AS WE GO
AND EVERYTHING ELSE AS WE GO FORWARD.
FORWARD. NOW, ONE LAST THOUGHT HERE
NOW, ONE LAST THOUGHT HERE BEFORE I GO, BECAUSE I THINK
BEFORE I GO, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING FOR THOSE OF US WATCHING SORT OF BIG
THOSE OF US WATCHING SORT OF BIG TECH AND HOW HUGE THESE
TECH AND HOW HUGE THESE COMPANIES HAVE BECOME AND HOW
COMPANIES HAVE BECOME AND HOW POWERFUL THEY ARE.
POWERFUL THEY ARE. IT’S NOTABLE THIS BREAKTHROUGH,
IT’S NOTABLE THIS BREAKTHROUGH, A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY,
A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID IT’S GOING TO COMMIT ABOUT $1.5
IT’S GOING TO COMMIT ABOUT $1.5 BILLION TO QUANTUM COMPUTING,
BILLION TO QUANTUM COMPUTING, WHILE CHINA IS THOUGHING
WHILE CHINA IS THOUGHING HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS AT THIS
HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS AT THIS KIND OF PROJECT.
KIND OF PROJECT. IT’S NOT HAPPENING AT THE
IT’S NOT HAPPENING AT THE UNIVERSITY OR GHOVT LAB LEVEL.
UNIVERSITY OR GHOVT LAB LEVEL. IT’S HAPPENING INSIDE A
IT’S HAPPENING INSIDE A CORPORATION.
CORPORATION. IN THIS CASE, INSIDE GOOGLE.
IN THIS CASE, INSIDE GOOGLE. THE OTHER BIG PLAYERS ARE
THE OTHER BIG PLAYERS ARE MICROSOFT, IBM.
MICROSOFT, IBM. IT’S A MARK OF OUR AGE THAT THIS
IT’S A MARK OF OUR AGE THAT THIS TYPE OF KITTYHAWK SORT OF
TYPE OF KITTYHAWK SORT OF BREAKTHROUGH IS NOT TAKING PLACE
BREAKTHROUGH IS NOT TAKING PLACE AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL OR
AT THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL OR ACADEMIA.
ACADEMIA. GOOGLE BOUGHT THE LAB, ABSORBED
GOOGLE BOUGHT THE LAB, ABSORBED A LAB FROM UCSB, UNIVERSITY OF
A LAB FROM UCSB, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA AND
CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA AND MAINTAINS ITS PRESENCE.
MAINTAINS ITS PRESENCE. THAT’S A FUNNY INDICATION OF THE
THAT’S A FUNNY INDICATION OF THE MOMENT WE’RE IN.
MOMENT WE’RE IN. PUTTING ALL OF THAT ASIDE, THE
PUTTING ALL OF THAT ASIDE, THE BREAKTHROUGH, THE FUNDAMENTAL
BREAKTHROUGH, THE FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM COMPUTING POTENTIAL AND
