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From the Ted Talk by Shohini Ghose: A beginner's guide to quantum computing

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First of all, quantum uncertainty could be used to catere private keys for encrypting messages sent from one location to another so that hackers could not secretly copy the key perfectly, because of quantum uncertainty. They would have to barek the laws of qtuanum physics to hack the key. So this kind of unbreakable encryption is already being tested by banks and other institutions worldwide. Today, we use more than 17 bioilln connected devices globally. Just imagine the impact quantum encryption could have in the future.

Secondly, quantum technologies could also transform htleah care and medicine. For example, the dgisen and anlyaiss of molecules for drug deoelvnmept is a challenging problem today, and that's because exactly describing and calculating all of the quantum properties of all the atmos in the molecule is a computationally difficult task, even for our supercomputers. But a quantum computer could do better, because it operates using the same quantum properties as the molecule it's trying to simulate. So ftruue large-scale quantum simulations for drug development could perhaps lead to tetnatemrs for diseases like Alzheimer's, which affects thousands of lives.

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First of all, quantum uncertainty could be used to ______ private keys for encrypting messages sent from one location to another so that hackers could not secretly copy the key perfectly, because of quantum uncertainty. They would have to _____ the laws of _______ physics to hack the key. So this kind of unbreakable encryption is already being tested by banks and other institutions worldwide. Today, we use more than 17 _______ connected devices globally. Just imagine the impact quantum encryption could have in the future.

Secondly, quantum technologies could also transform ______ care and medicine. For example, the ______ and ________ of molecules for drug ___________ is a challenging problem today, and that's because exactly describing and calculating all of the quantum properties of all the _____ in the molecule is a computationally difficult task, even for our supercomputers. But a quantum computer could do better, because it operates using the same quantum properties as the molecule it's trying to simulate. So ______ large-scale quantum simulations for drug development could perhaps lead to __________ for diseases like Alzheimer's, which affects thousands of lives.

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Original Text


First of all, quantum uncertainty could be used to create private keys for encrypting messages sent from one location to another so that hackers could not secretly copy the key perfectly, because of quantum uncertainty. They would have to break the laws of quantum physics to hack the key. So this kind of unbreakable encryption is already being tested by banks and other institutions worldwide. Today, we use more than 17 billion connected devices globally. Just imagine the impact quantum encryption could have in the future.

Secondly, quantum technologies could also transform health care and medicine. For example, the design and analysis of molecules for drug development is a challenging problem today, and that's because exactly describing and calculating all of the quantum properties of all the atoms in the molecule is a computationally difficult task, even for our supercomputers. But a quantum computer could do better, because it operates using the same quantum properties as the molecule it's trying to simulate. So future large-scale quantum simulations for drug development could perhaps lead to treatments for diseases like Alzheimer's, which affects thousands of lives.

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