It’s not competing on being less predictable. It’s competing on performing a calculation better or more accurately via a program written for the quantum compute

It’s not competing on being less predictable. It’s competing on performing a calculation better or more accurately via a program written for the quantum computer (as opposed to a specialized machine for that singular task). The quantum computer was able to do that. The randomness is a total red herring and doesn’t contribute to the discussion as to whether a programmable computer performed a computation or not. It did, and it was verified as such. Google’s experiment isn’t “the state of quantum computing”. It’s a single scientific experiment among thousands. The particular experiment was for demonstrating a then hitherto unconfirmed claim about whether a quantum computer can do a computer science problem more efficiently. The theory already said it was true, but the experiment wasn’t yet demonstrated. It’s also an experiment lay people, and the HN tech crowd even, doesn’t care about. Because it’s deep and complicated science, not a sales pitch.