From the Physorg article titled, Hitching a Ride Out of a Gluttonous Black Hole
“Ever since Stephen Hawking showed that black holes evaporate,” says Seth Lloyd, an MIT physicist, “people have wondered about the stuff that comes out of them. Is it just garbage, or is it something else?” … Lloyd attempts to show that quantum information does escape black holes, and that this information is useful and can have lasting impacts on how we understand our universe.
An intriqing idea, if this theory could be tested, proven and accepted, it could make waves, and further our understanding of how (some) of the universe works. I also like the blurb at the end:
Not only does Lloyd believe that black holes can help physicists form a theory of quantum gravity, but he also thinks that final state projection shows how black holes can function as quantum computers. “It becomes a matter of putting information into a hole. The hole processes the information and spits it out through Hawking radiation.” Lloyd pauses, then continues: “We don’t know how to program a black hole, but maybe when we learn more about quantum gravity, we will be able to.”
I’d be the first in line for a quantum computer with a quantum singularity CPU. Although it would be hella expensive for sure. 😉