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> quantum computers are almost real now in what sense is this true? practical quantum computers seem almost as far off as they were decades ago and NISQ appear
by walleeee 4y ago
> quantum computers are almost real now
in what sense is this true? practical quantum computers seem almost as far off as they were decades ago and NISQ appears to mean not large or reliable enough to do much with
one consequence being people take option 3 and pad a career with speculative papers, too many of which are lacking in rigor
QCs are "possible in principle" but remain a formidable engineering challenge in which we seem to be making rather slow headway
- hedora 4y agoIBM claims they'll be at 4096 bits in a couple of years. I agree "option 3 only" types are particularly problematic. They soak up funding and burn out students. It's hard to weed out professors for only being good at getting tenure and grants though.