Re: Truly Random Numbers On A Quantum Computer??

Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> writes:
[...]

Random is without a predictable pattern or plan.

I can think of worse definitions.

From the original article:

    As deterministic systems, classical computers cannot create true
    randomness on demand. As a result, to offer true randomness in
    classical computing, we often resort to specialized hardware that
    harvests entropy from unpredictable physical sources, for instance,
    by looking at mouse movements, observing fluctuations in
    temperature, monitoring the movement of lava lamps or, in extreme
    cases, detecting cosmic radiation. These measures are unwieldy,
    difficult to scale and lack rigorous guarantees, limiting our
    ability to verify whether their outputs are truly random.

Physical sources can be found in pretty much every commodity CPU for the
last decade . So not that “difficult to scale” apparently.

A lot of people are pushing QRNGs of various kinds right now. I’ve yet
to be convinced, personally.

--
https://www.greenend.org.uk/rjk/