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Trump administration establishes $75M quantum computing centers

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Re: Trump administration establishes $75M quantum computing centers

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SheinhardtWigCo wrote: post #7
dogma1138 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is about setting curriculums at universities and student grants.

Yes, and who do you think is most likely to hire those students after they’ve gained expertise in the field?

Whoever is paying the most, probably?

Re: Trump administration establishes $75M quantum computing centers

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elliotec wrote: post #6
adventured wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. It'd be concerning if they launched with some obscene $1 billion type financial tag with it. If or when it makes sense, they can always increase funding for these three centers and or to build additional centers. Which is exactly what I'd expect in the coming years.

I dunno. This seems worthy of a lot more funding than a dog walking app that raised $361 million https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wag

Why is it worthy of a lot more than $361 million in initial funding?

Your premise is that it'll stop at $75 million in funding. I'd bet against that premise. The US Government has a tendency to start its programs small and expand them considerably over time.

Besides, the US simultaneously has several of the world's largest companies pouring resources into quantum computing (Google, IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Honeywell, Lockheed, Intel, et al.). It's not as though $75 million is the extent of US investment into the space.

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AnthonyMouse wrote: post #2

This appears to be a surprisingly level-headed government initiative. The amount is enough to do something but not so much as to be a colossal boondoggle. It's the sort of fundamental research which private industry tends to under-produce because it's hard for any given company to recoup the full value of the R&D, but the target area is something with potential downstream practical implications. > bipartisan Also by…

Advisors make these recommendations. Say the right words about the US falling behind China or national security risk and no one wants to be the person on record who said no to this.

Re: Trump administration establishes $75M quantum computing centers

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rubber_duck wrote: post #10
AnthonyMouse wrote: post #2

This appears to be a surprisingly level-headed government initiative. The amount is enough to do something but not so much as to be a colossal boondoggle. It's the sort of fundamental research which private industry tends to under-produce because it's hard for any given company to recoup the full value of the R&D, but the target area is something with potential downstream practical implications. > bipartisan Also by…

>It's the sort of fundamental research which private industry tends to under-produce because it's hard for any given company to recoup the full value of the R&D, but the target area is something with potential downstream practical implications. Quantum computing ? I've seen just a few months ago some article about a single start-up raising >200M ?

There is a difference between doing fundamental research and bringing a product to market.

We know enough about quantum computers to be able to build some of them in limited ways which are commercially useful in very specific domains, so then companies can get investment to do that.

But we still don't really understand all of the fundamentals, and it's always hard to raise investment for fundamental research.

Suppose you could prove that building a quantum computer that can run Shor's Algorithm on interestingly large numbers is impossible. Knowing that would be of immense value. People could stop wasting time trying to create it or defend against it. But how would anybody commercialize that information? Who has the incentive to fund that research?

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