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Scott Aaronson is the guy who keeps claiming quantum supremacy is here every year so he's like the proverbial pot calling the kettle black.
by measurablefunc 7mo ago
Scott Aaronson is the guy who keeps claiming quantum supremacy is here every year so he's like the proverbial pot calling the kettle black.
- adgjlsfhk1 7mo agothe reason people pay attention to him is that he does a good job publicizing both positive and negative results, and accurately categorizing which are bullshit
- measurablefunc 7mo agoAll I know is he keeps being wrong about quantum supremacy but maybe this is the year he finally gets his wish.
- adgjlsfhk1 7mo agohe's been right about it. quantum supremacy was achieved in 2023 (but only for incredibly useless problems)
- gsf_emergency_7 7mo agoYeah I think GP might now prefer his statement(s) to have been about "quantum _advantage_". Which is the modish term after all.
- Strilanc 7mo agoWhat do you mean? The original 2019 supremacy experiment was eventually simulated, as better classical methods were found, but the followups are still holding strong (for example [4] and [5]). There was recently a series of blog posts by Dominik Hangleiter summarizing the situation: [1][2][3]. [1]: https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/01/06/has-quantum-advantage-been-achieved/ https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/01/06/has-quantum-advantag... [2]: https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/01/25/has-quantum-advantage-been-achieved-part-2-considering-the-evidence/ https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/01/25/has-quantum-advantag... [3]: https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/02/28/what-is-next-in-quantum-advantage/ https://quantumfrontiers.com/2026/02/28/what-is-next-in-quan... [4]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04792 https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04792 [5]: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02501 https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.02501
- gsf_emergency_7 7mo ago[dead]
- Strilanc 7mo agoMinor update: Dominik condensed the blog posts into a pre-print: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09901 https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.09901