Talk:Quantum tech

Real world

Okay, so, is this currently real world tech? No. Is it eventually going to be real world tech? Yes. I was told to look at the wikipedia article, but the sensor section is about technology being worked on, and using entanglement for cryptography is very much not something that has the bugs worked out. The one instance of genuine "quantum tech", as in, something actually made is D-wave, which isn't a quantum computer. Rather it uses a specific optimization process involving some quantum behavior to get randomization instead of normal computer generated random numbers. This is not sufficient for it to be "quantum tech". Unless we also consider transistors or lasers "quantum tech", since they only work due to quantum mechanical principles. But that's highly counter intuitive based on how we use the terms. Najawin ☎ 19:59, June 26, 2020 (UTC)

I don't feel strongly either way, but given that we like to future-proof articles it seemed sensible to me to add Category:Technology from the real world. -- Saxon (✉️) 20:22, June 26, 2020 (UTC)

Human has "creatures from the real world" as a tag. Posthuman and Transhuman, groups that plausibly will exist, do not. This sort of future proofing doesn't seem to be standard. Najawin ☎ 20:28, June 26, 2020 (UTC)

Indeed, T:FTRW makes clear that the thing in question must actually exist in the real world, not just will exist. Najawin ☎ 20:30, June 26, 2020 (UTC)

It has a wikipedia article; that makes it "from the real world". Shambala108 ☎ 20:40, June 26, 2020 (UTC)

Alright, in that case I'll just endeavor to make sure the article isn't horrendously misleading. Najawin ☎ 20:51, June 26, 2020 (UTC)