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Quantum Computing 'Magic' - Computerphile

Name: Quantum Computing 'Magic' - Computerphile
Uploaded: 2016-11-11
Description: Why aren't quantum computers ordinary consumer devices? Computerphile discusses the promise and difficulties with Thorsten Altenkirch in this archival interview. The conversational format offers an alternative to formal course lessons. The word 'magic' is the video's framing, not a substitute for an explanation or a reference here to magic-state distillation.

Original upload Nov 11, 2016

Engineers installing an IBM Quantum System One cryogenic assembly at Fraunhofer

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Engineers install IBM Quantum System One at Fraunhofer. Archival quantum-computing context, not a video frame or the apparatus of another study.

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Why aren't quantum computers ordinary consumer devices? Computerphile discusses the promise and difficulties with Thorsten Altenkirch in this archival interview. The conversational format offers an alternative to formal course lessons. The word 'magic' is the video's framing, not a substitute for an explanation or a reference here to magic-state distillation.

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