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It's true, it just might not mean what you think. "Quantum supremacy" = "This circuit runs faster than it possibly could have under classical rules, no matter
by Filligree 7y ago
It's true, it just might not mean what you think.
"Quantum supremacy" = "This circuit runs faster than it possibly could have under classical rules, no matter how clever it might be," aka. an asymptotic speedup.
It proves that quantum computation is possible, and the universe isn't just conspiring to pretend quantum mechanics works while actually following something like Copenhagen, but few people were doubting that in the first place.
- vcxy 7y agoFew people, but enough that it's good to have it conclusively answered. Someone on HN in a previous thread put it nicely. Paraphrasing, this brings quantum computing into science/engineering and out of philosophy.