some people estimate that as soon as the
mid-2030s quantum computers could become
available to the mainstream public this
would enable us to perform activities
that are considered impossible today
here are nine quantum computer use cases
that could greatly impact their lives
number one faster and more effective
artificial intelligence quantum
computers will transform the field of
artificial intelligence since they're
able to process vast amounts of data at
unparalleled speeds and simulate neural
networks of enormous sizes for certain
types of problems especially the ones
that involve optimization quantum
computers can calculate all solutions to
those problems simultaneously instead of
calculating each solution sequentially
like classical computers would each of
the solutions a quantum computer obtains
could have a score associated with it
with all this information up front
quantum computers can choose among all
possible solutions and find the best
answer significantly faster than a
classical computer could this could
revolutionize machine learning and help
us solve complex problems that were
previously thought impossible
additionally quantum computing and
artificial intelligence will continually
reinforce each other and accelerate
developments in both of those areas
advances in deep learning will likely
increase our understanding of quantum
mechanics while at the same time fully
realized quantum computers will likely
surpass conventional computers and data
pattern recognition and data
classification this could lead to
virtual assistants that can detect
emotions in your vocal patterns and
adjust the tailored suggestions
accordingly and it could lead to
non-playable but game characters that
behave hybrid realistically and have the
capability to carry nuanced
conversations with you according to
mckenzie we will likely start to see the
benefits from this use case in the early
2030s number two batteries for electric
cars that are more energy efficient
electric vehicle batteries contain
battery cells that exert electric energy
by charging and discharging quantum
computers could provide improvements in
areas of cellular simulation and aging
of battery sales these improvements
could lead to faster charge times and
electric vehicles which can drive
considerably more miles between
recharges number three development of
new drugs when scientists need to
develop new drugs and chemicals they
often need to examine the exact
structure of a molecule to determine its
properties and understand how it might
interact with other molecules
unfortunately even relatively small
molecules are extremely difficult to
model accurately using classical
computers since each atom interacts in
complex ways with other atoms currently
it's almost impossible for today's
computers to simulate basic molecules
that have relatively few atoms quantum
computers are well-suited to tackle this
problem since the interactions of atoms
within the molecule is itself a quantum
system in fact experts believe that
quantum computers will be able to model
even the most complex molecules in our
bodies every bit of progress in this
direction would draw a faster
development of new drugs and other
products and potentially lead to
transformative new cures using quantum
computing pharmaceutical companies can
model larger and more complex molecules
and better map interactions between the
drug and its target patient and reduce
time and cost of development processes
this could lead to better diagnostics
medications and vaccines that come
sooner and more efficiently to the
market and it could lead to the
discovery of new drugs for serious
diseases such as cancer alzheimer's and
heart disease according to mckenzie we
can start to see the benefits from this
use case by the mid-2020s number four
traffic optimization solving these
problems with classical computing is a
tedious hit and miss process the
traveling salesman problem is an example
of this type of problem it aims to
determine the shortest possible rule
between multiple cities hitting each
city wants and returning to the starting
point this optimization problem is
incredibly difficult for classical
computers to handle however for a fully
realized quantum computer it's a
cakewalk additionally quantum computers
can tackle routing challenges in real
time by using live data from connected
vehicles containers and packages boats
and railways warehouses point of sale
systems and weather satellites number
five the creation of new materials ibm
is using quantum computing to better
understand the physical processes of
nature such as how matter behaves and
interacts at the atomic and subatomic
levels this could lead to the creation
of new materials for manufacturing it
could also help engineers design better
plastics and computer chips in the
coming decades quantum technology could
help in the development of lighter and
stronger materials for building
automobiles aircraft and spacecraft
number six financial modeling according
to mckenzie the financial industry has
potential to gain significant value from
quantum computing by the mid-2030s and
goldman sachs recently announced that
they could introduce quantum algorithms
to price their financial instruments and
as soon as the mid-2020s quantum
computing and financial modeling are a
match made in heaven thanks to the
structural similarities the entire
financial market can be modeled as a
quantum process in fact a great deal of
research has focused specifically on
quantum computing's potential to
dramatically speed up and improve the
monte carlo model which engages the
probability of various outcomes and the
corresponding risks quantum computers
have the potential to sample data
differently by testing more outcomes
with higher precision in the fraction of
the time quantum computing could also
speed activities related to portfolio
optimization customer targeting
prediction modeling credit scoring and
fall detection number seven cyber
security since quantum computers can
perform multiple calculations
simultaneously they have the potential
to break any classical encryption system
within the next 10 to 20 years for
example it would take a classical
computer 300 trillion years to break the
617 digits of the rsa 2048 standard for
encryption based on our current
trajectory a fully working quantum
computer in the 2030s could potentially
achieve this in 10 seconds this would be
so effective at decryption that they
could pose a national security risk to
all developed nations new quantum
encryption technologies would be
required to protect even our most basic
online services
scientists as well as forward thinking
policy makers are already working on
quantum cryptography so that companies
governments and citizens can protect the
information number eight weather
forecasting quantum computing's method
of simultaneous rather than sequential
calculations will likely be successful
in analyzing the enormously complex
system of variables that is whether
number 9 manufacturing processes quantum
computing can help companies streamline
operations and manufacturing processes
by solving supply chain optimization
problems such as determining the
availability and pricing of
manufacturing components without
interrupting multi-faceted supply chains
it can also take large manufacturing
datasets and identify which parts of a
complex manufacturing process
contributed to operational failures for
products like microchips where this
production process can have thousands of
steps quantum computing can have a
significant impact by 2030 the first
quantum computers with 1 million qubits
will emerge to find out more about this
make sure to watch the video to the
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the year 2030.