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That's sort of my point: Every day we're making huge progress yet nothing actually changes. We have achieved quantum supremacy, but don't have a practical dev
by LatteLazy 3y ago
That's sort of my point: Every day we're making huge progress yet nothing actually changes. We have achieved quantum supremacy, but don't have a practical device yet. We are sick of winning but have not won yet. Every stone is a milestone, but we're 1bn miles from the actual goal so...
- bawolff 3y agoI mean, that's a pretty unreasonable expectation. The two things are very very far apart. That's like comparing a slide rule to a (normal) computer.
- LatteLazy 3y agoI don't think it is. I think if someone says they have a computer, it needs to be a computer, not a very large slide rule. The same applies to "breakthroughs" and "milestones": a non-quantum computer is never a breakthrough in quantum computers the same way a slide rule isn't in computers. I think we're talking in circles, I just don't get how anyone can take these things seriously...
- bawolff 3y agoBut quantum supremacy is not a general purpose quantum computer or anything close to one. At best its a proof of concept that you can do something a classical computer cannot. Certainly a neccesary condition, but miles upon miles away from a practical quantum computer. Maybe the point is that the press/computers really ran with the "quantum supremacy" thing and severely mislead people as to what it actually means. Which i would agree with.