JerryWasARaceCarDrvr t1_iu5wp3l wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:00 PM

Reply to comment by Lucifigus in How long do you predict it will take before a probe reaches a habitable exoplanetand actually sends back footage of alien life? by sky_shrimp

Well they could break existing encryption almost instantly. But they will also be able to make algorithms that are completely unbreakable.

Then interesting thing for me will be that once they surpass normal supercomputers (they are not faster yet. About one year away) there will be a time that certain folks can crack what the masses are using very easily.

The first real use will be in big data and AI. You won’t see much of a benefit but google and Amazon will know even more about you. Lol.

After that it will start solving some of the really hard physics issues and with that we may see real advances in the space race and then eventually consumer goods.

Gonna be a good 20 years until we see things hit mainstream but once it does. Look out.

Lucifigus t1_iu5zfal wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:19 PM

As to the original post, when we send spacecraft to other plaetary systems, we will need pretty serious AI, or something close, to manage the probes, drones and other devices for data collection and analysis. Although I really have no idea, I assume quantum computing will play a big part in that overall success with no human involvement in decision processes to complate the tasks.