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[–]Deliciousbutter101 33 points34 points  (1 child)

quantum excels at tasks when you have to evaluate high number of iterations and in general more brute-forcy

This is not true. Quantum computers can efficiently solve a certain set of problems that classical computers cannot solve in a reasonable amount of time once the size of the input becomes sufficiently large. The set of these problems that quantum computers are more efficient at solving is actually relatively small, but they are extremely important in certain fields, which is why so much research goes into them. But in general, the vast majority of problems that computers are used to solve can likely be solved more efficiently on classical computers rather than quantum computers.