And, to think: other people are busy figuring out how to use quantum computing to overcome

你想過這個時候有人正在研究如何使用量子運算來改善全球飢餓，

global hunger, prevent pandemics and even reverse climate change.

預防流行病，甚至逆轉氣候的變化呢!

Fortunately for you, this is no ordinary cat video.

幸運的你，這不是一部普通的貓咪影片，

And I'm no ordinary cat.

而我也不是一隻普通的貓

I'm Schrödinger's Cat.

我是薛丁格(Schrödinger)的貓

Not familiar?

沒聽過嗎？

Well, you see, Dr. Erwin Schrödinger, born Vienna, 1887, he came up with a thought experiment

讓我來告訴你。埃爾溫·薛丁格 (Erwin Schrödinger) 博士1887年生於維也納，

about quantum mechanics...

他曾提出一個有關量子力學的思想實驗

All you need is a radioactive atom, a Geiger counter, a hammer, a glass tube filled with

你所需要的只有一個放射性原子、蓋革計數器(Geiger counter)、

cyanide...

一把錘子和一個裝滿氰化物的玻璃管...

And a cat in a steel box.

還有一隻在鋼鐵密箱裡的貓

I guess this is what people did with their free time in the pre-cat video era.

我猜在貓咪影片的世代到來前，人們應該就是這樣打發時間的。

Not weird at all, Erwin...

一點都不奇怪，埃爾溫….

When the atom decays, it releases radiation.

當原子衰變時，會釋放出輻射，

That sets off the Geiger counter, which triggers the hammer to break the tube...

啟動蓋革計數器，進而觸發錘子打破玻璃管...

And kill the cat who never did anything wrong except spray the rug that one time you were

並殺死那隻除了某次你整晚在實驗室時尿在你地毯外沒有做錯任何事的貓咪,

at the lab all night, Erwin...

埃爾溫….

Simple enough, right?

很簡單，是吧？

Wrong.

錯

You know nothing about “Superposition.”

你對「疊加」一無所知

It means that the electrons in the atom are actually in multiple states at once.

它意味著原子中的電子實際上同時處於多個狀態。

So the atom is both decayed and intact.

所以原子同時是衰敗的又是完整的。

Therefore, the cat - AKA me - is both alive and dead.

因此，那隻貓，其實也就是我，是既活著又死了

Until, of course, you open the box and observe only one reality due to your inherent limitations

當然，直到你打開盒蓋，由於作為一個人固有的局限性，

as a human being.

你只會觀察到一個真實

Back in the day, an understanding of the movement of electrons helped create the silicon chip

當時，對電子運動的理解能幫助並創造了

that powers this “traditional” computer.

強化這種「傳統」電腦的矽晶片

And an understanding of superposition will power the future of computing.

而對「疊加」的理解將推動運算的未來。

You see, quantum bits or “qubits” of information will exist in multiple states.

你們看，量子位元或「Q位元」中的信息將以多種狀態存在

That means that a computer can cover numerous paths at the same time - rather than sequentially…

這也代表一台電腦可以同時覆蓋多條路徑，而不是按順序排列

and do billions of years worth of computing in a matter of days, hours or even minutes.

並將數十億年的計算量在數天，數小時，甚至數分鐘內完成

Quantum computers will be able to model the seeming chaos of mother nature itself and

量子電腦將有能力模擬大自然各種看起來極為混沌的情境，

thereby move toward solving the planet's biggest challenges.

進而解決地球面臨的最艱鉅困境與挑戰

But qubits are fragile little fellows that have to work within a larger quantum system.

然而，Q位元是個脆弱的小傢伙，它需要在更大的量子系統中工作

That's why Microsoft is creating “topological” qubits to store info in braided paths of particles

這就是為什麼微軟正在創造「拓撲」量子位元以便將信息存儲在更穩定,

that are much more stable and allow for far greater scalability.

且具有更高可擴展性的粒子編織路徑中

The company is delivering the algorithms, hardware, advances in cold logic, cryogenics,

公司藉由演算法，硬體，先進的冷邏輯，低溫技術，以及軟體與開發人員編程工具 …

software and developer programming tools… to offer a full stack solution and make quantum

提供了一個全端解決方案，

computing more accessible.

使量子運算更加暢行無阻

We'll even be able to use quantum computing to solve some of the mysteries of quantum

我們甚至能用量子計算解決

mechanics.

一些量子力學的奧秘

And that's just so meta, I can barely stand it.

這實在是太後設(meta)了，光想就興奮的受不了

So, you may not have known me before today, but I directly contributed to the chip that

所以，儘管在今天之前你可能完全不認識我，

is allowing you to watch me now.

我對讓你現在能夠觀看到我這支影片的晶片卻有直接的貢獻。

Cat videos are what this thing's really for anyway, right?

總而言之，我們今天討論的是貓咪影片，對吧？

And remember this quantum kitty, because I'll also be powering the quantum computers that

請記得這還是隻量子小貓，因為我將會使量子運算更強大，以此拯救生命，

save lives, revolutionize economies and host trillions of future cat videos…

為經濟帶來革命性的變化，甚至負責未來億萬支的貓咪影片…

Some of which may have already been created in alternate realities.

在平行交錯的時空裡，或許某些計畫已經被創造出來了

Don't think on that too hard...

不要把這一切想的太難了…

Either way, you're welcome.

無論如何，我們都歡迎你