{"id":76661,"date":"2025-07-20T00:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T00:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/76661\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T00:13:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T00:13:14","slug":"quantum-computing-is-so-fire-no-seriously-bofa-says-it-could-be-humanitys-biggest-breakthrough-since-the-discovery-of-fire-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/76661\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantum computing is so fire \u2014 No, seriously. BofA says it could be humanity\u2019s biggest breakthrough since the discovery of fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"yf-1woyvo2\">\n<li class=\"yf-1woyvo2\">\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><strong>The use of subatomic particles<\/strong> to process data could represent a breakthrough that\u2019s unmatched in modern human history, according to analysts at <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/bank-of-america-corp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bank of America;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bank of America<\/a>, who compared it to the discovery of fire. \u201cA technology that can perform endless complex calculations in zero-time, warp-speeding human knowledge and development.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">In a recent note on quantum computing, analysts at Bank of America had to reach way back\u2014way, way back\u2014for a comparable advancement in human history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">That\u2019s because the use of subatomic particles to process data offers the potential to leap light year ahead of what\u2019s possible with traditional semiconductor-based electronics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">\u201cThis could be the biggest revolution for humanity since discovering fire,\u201d they wrote on Wednesday. \u201cA technology that can perform endless complex calculations in zero-time, warp-speeding human knowledge and development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Scientific evidence suggests early humans began using fire in a controlled way hundreds of thousands of years ago, and perhaps even 1 millions years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">So how does quantum computing compare to that? Theoretically, there\u2019s no calculation a quantum computer can\u2019t do, BofA said, adding that it could \u201cchange everything,\u201d by creating new drugs and materials, increasing longevity, and enhancing encryption and logistics, to name just a few examples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">At the same time, the artificial intelligence revolution that\u2019s also underway could get turbocharged by quantum computing, and vice versa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">\u201cGenAI can help speed up the development and testing time of quantum systems, which could take AI model training to the level of Artificial Super Intelligence,\u201d BofA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">There have already been major milestones in quantum computing. In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/alphabet\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Google;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Google<\/a> said its Sycamore quantum processor completed a calculation in 6 seconds that would\u2019ve taken the top supercomputer 47 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">And in December, Google said its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/technology\/research\/google-willow-quantum-chip\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Willow quantum chip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Willow quantum chip<\/a> solved a problem in less than five minutes that would\u2019ve taken the world\u2019s fastest supercomputer 10 septillion years (or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years).<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">But a quantum computer has yet to solve a useful real-world problem faster than a classical computer could, BofA pointed out. That\u2019s because qubits, the fundamental units of quantum information, still suffer from too much \u201cnoise,\u201d or disturbances that can lead to computation errors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/nvidia\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nvidia;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nvidia<\/a> CEO Jensen Huang said the most exciting developments in quantum computing are <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/01\/09\/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-tanks-quantum-computing-stocks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:more than a decade away;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">more than a decade away<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Story Continues <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">In March, he sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/03\/21\/nvidia-jensen-huang-quantum-computing-stocks-gtc-rigetti-dwave-ionq\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:temper expectations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">temper expectations<\/a> for quantum computing that somehow it\u2019s \u201cgoing to be better at spreadsheets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Rob Schoelkopf, cofounder and chief scientist of Quantum Circuits, also said at the time that advances in quantum computing would come more gradually instead of in a sudden flip of a switch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to be turning the volume steadily, and we can start to hear the music now, and eventually everyone will be able to hear the music,\u201d he predicted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Meanwhile, BofA noted that quantum computing has geopolitical implications as well. The technology can level the playing field in overall processing power, which the U.S. currently leads the world in.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">\u201cWhoever wins the \u2018quantum race\u2019 will gain an unprecedented geopolitical, technological and economic advantage,\u201d analysts said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">This story was originally featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2025\/07\/19\/quantum-computing-discovery-fire-tech-breakthrough-humanity-revolution\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fortune.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fortune.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The use of subatomic particles to process data could represent a breakthrough that\u2019s unmatched in modern human history,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[21866,745,53013,53012,918,53011,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-76661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-bank-of-america","9":"tag-computing","10":"tag-human-history","11":"tag-human-knowledge","12":"tag-quantum-computing","13":"tag-subatomic-particles","14":"tag-technology","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114882674971511251","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}