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Zkuq said:
CaptainExplosion said:

Isn't quantum computing supposed to be better than AI data centres anyway?

Someone else here is probably more qualified to talk about quantum computing than I am, but based on my understanding, quantum computing isn't (well) applicable to everything current computation methods are. What it's good for, it's really good, but it's not a good fit for everything. I'm guessing one thing it can be great is a large number of similar computations that can be done in paralle, which I'm guessing, based on my limited understanding, also largely applies to AI. Hence it might be great for AI as well, but I'm not at all sure. I also asked AI, and it suggests that quantum computing currently has limited applicability to AI and requires further research breakthroughs to be applicable to more things.

Of course there's also the major issue of quantum computing still being mostly under research than being technology that's ready for wide use. Regardless of everything else, I'm guessing it's going to take years at best until quantum computing can be a big thing.

You expected AI to not give you a pro-AI answer, really?

What can we do so that AI uses less energy, less water, less RAM, and take up way less space?

Last edited by CaptainExplosion - on 14 June 2026