Imagine a town that has used the same locks on its doors for decades. For years, those locks worked perfectly. Thieves knew they existed, but breaking them took too much time and effort, so most people felt safe. Over time, the town built banks, offices, and homes, assuming those locks would always be enough. Now…
Quantum computing offers both significant risks and advantages. It was initially developed to accelerate progress in fields such as drug discovery, materials science, batteries, superconductors, and fertilisers, and to solve complex problems more efficiently (Bauer et al., 2020, pp. 12685-12717). The primary advantage of quantum computers over classical counterparts lies in their use of quantum…
