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“Supremacy” is a descriptor various parts of government use when they need funding. The implication is that achieving “supremacy” with some hot area of global s
by jonstewart 7y ago
“Supremacy” is a descriptor various parts of government use when they need funding. The implication is that achieving “supremacy” with some hot area of global security requires spending $X, and if $X _aren’t_ spent, then we will be behind.
No one wants a quantum gap!
- krastanov 7y agoWhile the choice of the word is indeed regrettable, it has nothing to do with your guess or with any national security topic. See the sibling comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21044196 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21044196
- jonstewart 7y agoI stand corrected. Thank you. Quantum computing is, like blockchain and AI, a topic that’s fretted about in the NatSec establishment, often by those who don’t understand the topic in depth but are otherwise NatSec experts and help control resources. “AI Supremacy” is a book in that vein; Kai-Fu Lee’s book has freaked out many others.