Professor Andris Ambaynis of the University of Latvia is one of the best specialists in the world on quantum computers. He is a theorist who needs pencil and paper to solve problems, since none of the existing computers can solve the problems that his brain solves.

According to Ambainis, a quantum computer is a technology that is very interesting for the special services. When it is created, there will be practically no ciphers that can not be cracked. The technology will allow to "disclose" any, even the most secure systems.

The scientist admitted that working with this technology specialists face a dilemma that was relevant for scientists who created an atomic bomb.

"The dilemma, which was the scientists who created the nuclear bomb, is present in a softer form and scientists working on a quantum computer. Millions of people he will not destroy, but he can crack ciphers. If he was at the special services, they could hack almost everything, "- said Ambainis.

According to him, in the scientific community there are rumors about "secret projects" in the US.

"There are rumors that there are secret centers in the US where they develop a quantum computer. There are working scientists who then disappear from the scientific community. I think that they are working on this task. To me, a scientist of one such (military) institution said that if you decide to stay in America, then we can attract you. But I'm not interested in this, "said Ambainis.

According to him, among the scientists who worked during the creation of the atomic bomb, and now many pacifists.

"Among the scientists were very frank pacifists who, for example, were engaged in pure mathematics, but left the Institutes when they learned that they were being funded by the military. One example is the French mathematician Grothendieck. He left the institute in Paris when he learned that there is money from the military. Although he was engaged in abstract things and had no direct relation to military projects. I'm a theoretician, I do not need a defense, I need money for my salary, a pencil, paper and a text editor in a conventional computer. Everything suits me in Latvia, "said Ambainis.

A full-fledged universal quantum computer is still a hypothetical device, the very possibility of constructing it is connected with the serious development of quantum theory in the field of many particles and complex experiments; Developments in this field are related to the latest discoveries and achievements of modern physics. At the moment, only single experimental systems have been practically implemented that perform a fixed algorithm of low complexity.

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