D-Wave Defies World of Critics With \’First Quantum Cloud\’ | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com – StumbleUpon. I once had an interview question where the group asked me at the end what I would do if Aliens came down and zapped all the silicon out of computers. I answered that Quantum computers existed but that it would need further research to find a viable alternative. I don’t think they liked the answer, but it was a real one.