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The quantum supremacy demonstrations were effectively showing that a quantum computer can simulate a quantum computer better than a classical computer. That is
by fooker 5y ago
The quantum supremacy demonstrations were effectively showing that a quantum computer can simulate a quantum computer better than a classical computer. That is sort of meh…
- reikonomusha 5y agoThat is not an accurate reduction. They showed they can sample from a particular probability distribution which is hard to do classically. And fundamental developments in physics or theoretical computer science aren’t concerned with what’s “meh”. It was a logical next step to determining whether these machines do something they’re theoretically supposed to be able to do.
- simiones 5y agoThe point is that it is impossible to explain these results by assuming that the device behaves like a classical computer, even if the results themselves are uninteresting.