if you can’t tell the difference, what is the difference?
I don’t pretend to understand the intricacies of Quantum Computing, some of the advocates for it have said that a fully functioning Quantum computer could be up to 1 millions times more powerful than modern computers of today.
Think of all current encryption methods being hacked in a few minutes.
Think of the complexity of the human body and all the different kinds of proteins, now think of modeling new drugs and other aspects of the human anatomy.
IMO, it’s pure science fiction at this point, just imagine in 20 years or more with fully operating Quantum Computers combined with the advances in AI in 20 years and it’s pretty scary what could be done.
Back in the early 90’s Intel had a problem with the then new Pentium microprocessors that had a built-in math co-processor that would give inaccurate answers in certain circumstances.
Ever since then manufacturers and high end customers have been extra diligent in confirming any new systems and their math capabilities.
BRAVE AI:
This refers to the Pentium FDIV bug, a hardware flaw in the floating-point unit (FPU) of early Intel Pentium processors released in 1993 that caused incorrect results during specific floating-point division operations. Discovered in 1994 by mathematics professor Thomas Nicely, the error stemmed from five missing entries in the chip’s radix-4 SRT division lookup table. Although the flaw was statistically rare for average users, Intel’s initial refusal to replace affected chips sparked massive public outcry, leading the company to issue a full recall in December 1994 that cost Intel approximately $475 million.
More info:
https://people.willamette.edu/~mjaneba/pentprob.html