system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What are some of the potential applications of quantum computing?

I thought this might be a fun question to hear what everyone has to say. Also, first post on this subreddit! :)
gpt
The big one right now is Shor's algorithm, which can find prime factors much faster than classical computing algorithms. This is a big deal because popular encryption schemes like RSA rely on the idea that it's basically impossible to find prime factors of large numbers.