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Did we even have a quantum summer? The hype is nowhere near what we've seen for (say) blockchain, AI or self-driving cars.
by rippercushions 4y ago
Did we even have a quantum summer? The hype is nowhere near what we've seen for (say) blockchain, AI or self-driving cars.
- tambourine_man 4y agoOh yes, we did. Remember Google announcing quantum supremacy? At the very least a spring.
- jhpankow 4y agoThere was as far as marketing. My family members stopped asking me about ads they saw on TV for IBM's quantum computers.
- CarbonCycles 4y agoI've started to adopt a hedging strategy (i.e. short plays) with IBM marketing...seems like everything they touch dies (horrendously). ETA..in case anyone is interested, the author of the article is a theoretical physicist, which lends more credibility to the article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Hossenfelder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine_Hossenfelder
- mathattack 4y agoThe hype is smaller, though I’ve seen my share of grifters in the market. It’s also not a vote of confidence to see IBM behind much of the research.
- rusticpenn 4y agoI think that is a good thing. There are usecases being found for quantum computers, but nothing that can’t be done with normal computers yet.
- indymike 4y agoThat hype was back in the 00's. This one could be like AI, where it had a huge hype cycle in the 80s, and exploded over the last decade. Or not.
- moffkalast 4y agoThe problem with quantum computers is that every time someone thinks of a good application, there's a scientist dropping in with an "ackchyually that's not how any of this works". At this point I'm convinced that RNG is the only thing quantum effects are actually usable for.
- JanisErdmanis 4y agoAlready in winter mentality :)