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I'm like 99% sure Google said "what's the most contrived workload that technically counts as quantum supremacy" and went from there... That being said, we cert

• ineedasername 7y ago
  Even if it's highly contrived, it's still something that they found a task for which the quantum computer is superior. It points the way towards a more general superiority where some at least have doubted the possibility.
  • bufferoverflow 7y ago
    Simulating a drop of water falling on the floor accurately at the molecular level would take thousands (if not millions) of years on the best supercomputer today. Does it mean my water dropper is a better physical computer than regular computers?
    • ycui1986 7y ago
      This is to the point. The universe is a giant big computer even without quantum involved. If the starting state of the computation is not predefined, the so-called computer is no difference from randomly flipping some coins. What the paper showed is no difference from showing the wind did not change the result of coin flipping.
  • deepnotderp 7y ago
    I agree, I'm just pointing out that it's not useful yet
• 6nf 7y ago
  Even if this 'computation' is useless at everything except proving quantum supremacy is possible, that's still a serious milestone.