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my oh my what a wonderful Wednesday it
is what's up sunshine it is your word
Wednesday so be on the lookout to see if
your word the word you submitted helped
us write Today's Show I'm KY wire this
is CNN 10 and we're going to go big
today on the quickly evolving
fascinating and thought-provoking world
of quantum some Computing this emerging
technology is already making waves in
Industries like healthc care Finance
even the way we fly quantum computers
have the potential to outperform today's
classical computers solving problems
that are currently beyond our reach
regular computers like the ones so many
of us use every day work with bits these
are tiny units of information that can
either be coded as a zero or a one
everything we do on a computer from
watching videos to texting is build on
these zeros and ones but quantum
computers work with cubits unlike
regular bits cubits can be both zero and
one but they can use those numbers at
the same time which lets quantum
computers handle tons of data all at
once making them way faster for certain
tasks Quantum Computing is a fairly new
idea started back in the 1980s there
were some realizations that regular
computers had limited abilities and were
unable to handle certain complicated Tas
tasks quantum computers can do more and
when it comes to solving problems like
say cracking a code they do it much
faster than classical computers today
we're still figuring out just how
powerful quantum computers could become
but it's believed they could become so
powerful they might one day be able to
cure diseases they also could change how
we search for information and how we
tackle complex problems we never even
knew were possible but the path to this
revolutionary future is not without its
challenges ARA Stewart is exploring how
Quantum Computing Works what makes it so
different and why it's increasingly
generating more hype and
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curiosity Dubai is home to about 13,000
restaurants but I failed at scratching
the culinary surface I have been to
Dubai between 10 and 15 times we're
always filming we're always busy I go to
the same restaurants every time so I've
probably been to the same five
restaurants a load of different
times this time I'm here to to code
Quantum Computing and I've realized it's
time to finally try a new
spot oh wow that looks good and here we
have our moned cucumber and
garlic at the rate I've been going I
can't even imagine how long it would
take me to hit all the restaurants in
Dubai is this it these beap some more oh
there's
more thank you very much but rather than
map out my own route next time I wonder
if quantum Computing might one day do it
for me my eyes are bigger than my
stomach ooh that looks
good quantum computers are radically
different from the laptops we know and
love just look at them how on Earth can
you see what you're typing or even type
at all these computers look totally
different because they work in totally
different
ways our computers process information
in the form of bits which can either be
one or
zero quantum computers use quantum bits
or cubits which can embody zero and one
to varying degrees at the same time
think of it like flipping a coin
classical bits are the flipped coin
heads or tails qits are the coin as it
flipping which has a probability of
being heads or tails it's a lot to wrap
your head
around should I feel stupid that I am
really struggling with this
one uh you should not because Einstein
for example really didn't accept quantum
mechanics he didn't no I'm in good
company then well you yeah exactly he
was sort of saying is this really is
this nature or are we just inventing
some some weird Force to account out for
this I'm starting my journey at the
Computer History
Museum hopefully exploring these
machines will give me a better
understanding of how Quantum fits into
the bigger Computing picture well
Computing begins deep in the darkest
Mists of time probably 5 to 10,000 years
ago in ancient Sumeria where people
devised a system based on tablets using
Stone
this was adopted basically into what
became the Abacus whether they're built
with stones or semiconductors at the end
of the day computers exist to store and
process data modern computers were first
geared towards professionals like the
cray1 supercomputer which helped with
Industries like cryptography and
aircraft design so this is specifically
targeted at floating solving floating
Point equations soon computers spread to
the masses thanks in part to Apple's
first computer which sold for
$666 66 on the basis of this Steve Jobs
went hey if what if we made a computer
that was for the general public rather
than for just hobbyists because these
computers are now so common it's almost
impossible to conceptualize Computing in
any other
way if you say Quantum Computing you're
imagining traditional Computing how do
the two you compare I think they compare
because for one thing they're both
running software and they both solve
problems they both solve problems yes
exactly you know for word processing or
uh email or social media none of those
are ever going to be run on a quantum
computer it's not the right
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problem because cubits can embody any
combination of zeros and ones when they
start interacting with each other they
can create many different patterns
essentially allowing the computer to
perform many calculations at the same
time let's revisit my restaurant quest
to
explain there is no one perfect example
but this is I think the best shot that
we have to explain it here in
Dubai I want to maximize the number of
restaurants I can visit in let's say 6
days if I ask a classical computer for
the most efficient route for 13,000
restaurants likely have to start by
testing each one one at a time a task
that gets exponentially harder if I want
to only walk or only bike or alternate
each time with Quantum Computing I can
potentially create an algorithm that
encodes various Journeys with various
parameters together and using quantum
mechanical properties called
superposition and entanglement the
quantum computer will help identify the
better routes faster than a classical
computer ever could now I don't actually
think Quantum Computing will be used for
tasks like this but imagine an airline
it obviously wants to find the most
efficient route which isn't just
determined by distance weather patterns
aircraft availability and airport
traffic also factor into the
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equation Pop Quiz Hot Shot which body
part on a squirrel never stops growing
tail teeth feet or head
if you said teeth tooth are correct
squirrels have four front teeth that
grow for their entire lives they gnaw on
things like the roof line of my house to
help keep those teeth sharp for chowing
down on acorns and
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things some animals gnaw some of them
claw today's story getting a 10 out of
10 a jaw-dropping claw recently covered
through the indefatigable work of the
paleontologist in Mongolia it's clawful
impressive but wait till you see the
thing that they think it belonged to our
Jeremy Roth has more paleontologists
have made a fascinating breakthrough in
Asia unearthing the largest fully
preserved dinosaur claw of its kind in
Mongolia this unique two clawed hand
experts say belonged to a previously
unknown species of dinosaur they are
calling uh this believed to be part of
the same Dino family that includes the
T-Rex some researchers are likening the
lengthy claws to tongs used in
barbecuing others are comparing the new
species to Edward's Scissor Hands I say
hey why can't it be both colossum also
colossum all those Eagles up there at
bath Village School in Bath New
Hampshire for submitting the word
indefatigable for your word Wednesday
it's an adjective that means persisting
tirelessly like me when I was trying to
pronounce that word well done and now we
have some shout outs today this one goes
two Flex Tech High School in Brighton
Michigan Thanks For The Love on our cnn1
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and two Mr dorsy and my friends at
Howard Middle School right here in
Atlanta Georgia rise up thank you for
making us part of your day go on out and
make it a great one I'm Coy wire this is
cnn1 and I'll see you tomorrow
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