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From the Ted Talk by Matt Langione: The promise of quantum computers

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But there's a problem. At the very memnot that our reliance on computers is growing faster than ever, progress in compute power is cnomig to a standstill. The magic is just about spent. The timing couldn't be worse. We rarely talk about it, but for all that we've accomplished with computers, there remain a startling number of things that computers still can't do, at a great cost to business and society. The dream of near-instant computational drug design, for instance, has yet to come to fruition, nearly 50 yaers after it was first cvinoeced. Never has that been clearer than now, as the world sits in a state of isolation and parsyials, as we await a vcnacie for COVID-19.

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But there's a problem. At the very ______ that our reliance on computers is growing faster than ever, progress in compute power is ______ to a standstill. The magic is just about spent. The timing couldn't be worse. We rarely talk about it, but for all that we've accomplished with computers, there remain a startling number of things that computers still can't do, at a great cost to business and society. The dream of near-instant computational drug design, for instance, has yet to come to fruition, nearly 50 _____ after it was first _________. Never has that been clearer than now, as the world sits in a state of isolation and _________, as we await a _______ for COVID-19.

Solution

  1. years
  2. paralysis
  3. moment
  4. conceived
  5. coming
  6. vaccine

Original Text

But there's a problem. At the very moment that our reliance on computers is growing faster than ever, progress in compute power is coming to a standstill. The magic is just about spent. The timing couldn't be worse. We rarely talk about it, but for all that we've accomplished with computers, there remain a startling number of things that computers still can't do, at a great cost to business and society. The dream of near-instant computational drug design, for instance, has yet to come to fruition, nearly 50 years after it was first conceived. Never has that been clearer than now, as the world sits in a state of isolation and paralysis, as we await a vaccine for COVID-19.

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