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The bullshit will continue until the grifters move on to something else. If you can figure out what that is, you'll make some serious bank!

altmanaltman 3mo ago
quantum computing in next 5-10 years for sure will be the next grift, the wheels are already turning
- ben_w 3mo ago
  Quantum computing is soooo 2018, you want space data centres for the next 5-10 years (or "5-10 tears" as the apple keyboard gave me the first time).
- im_down_w_otp 3mo ago
  Its zeitgeist appeal has been stuck for like 20 years. The problem with it is that unlike sell-side mortgage fraud, self-driving cars, crypto, and current AI… quantum computing doesn’t have a simple, approachable, mass appeal parlour trick to rally around. Until it gets one, it’s never going to facilitate the scale of grift and graft as the others.
  - pclmulqdq 3mo ago
    The threat of breaking all encryption has been a slow-burning $1 trillion or more grift for the field over the last 20-30 years. Not that anything has materialized from it. I am somewhat convinced that PQC is primarily being rolled out so that we can all stop funding those clowns (and because lattice-based cryptography is finally ready for prime time).
    - overgard 3mo ago
      I don't know if breaking encryption will even matter if we just keep handing over all our data anyway.
      - ben_w 3mo ago
        Depends on machine availability. If all crypto can only be broken by a machine that can itself only be made by 3 companies all of which are very careful about who they sell to, we get a few governments spying on everyone (including each other), while keeping normal criminal hacking (and insufficiently important governments) locked out.
MichaelZuo 3mo ago
Yeah, there will always be some percentage of bozos and clowns in America… that’s never going to change. And it’s unrealistic to expect them to stay perfectly motionless, they will try to adapt to the changing landscape too.
- atonse 3mo ago
  Bozos and clowns are a universal cultural phenomenon.
overgard 3mo ago
This stuff makes me nostalgic for NFTs and the metaverse which is pretty horrifying all things considered.

altmanaltman 3mo ago

quantum computing in next 5-10 years for sure will be the next grift, the wheels are already turning

ben_w 3mo ago
Quantum computing is soooo 2018, you want space data centres for the next 5-10 years (or "5-10 tears" as the apple keyboard gave me the first time).
im_down_w_otp 3mo ago
Its zeitgeist appeal has been stuck for like 20 years. The problem with it is that unlike sell-side mortgage fraud, self-driving cars, crypto, and current AI… quantum computing doesn’t have a simple, approachable, mass appeal parlour trick to rally around. Until it gets one, it’s never going to facilitate the scale of grift and graft as the others.
- pclmulqdq 3mo ago
  The threat of breaking all encryption has been a slow-burning $1 trillion or more grift for the field over the last 20-30 years. Not that anything has materialized from it. I am somewhat convinced that PQC is primarily being rolled out so that we can all stop funding those clowns (and because lattice-based cryptography is finally ready for prime time).
  - overgard 3mo ago
    I don't know if breaking encryption will even matter if we just keep handing over all our data anyway.
    - ben_w 3mo ago
      Depends on machine availability. If all crypto can only be broken by a machine that can itself only be made by 3 companies all of which are very careful about who they sell to, we get a few governments spying on everyone (including each other), while keeping normal criminal hacking (and insufficiently important governments) locked out.

MichaelZuo 3mo ago

Yeah, there will always be some percentage of bozos and clowns in America… that’s never going to change. And it’s unrealistic to expect them to stay perfectly motionless, they will try to adapt to the changing landscape too.

atonse 3mo ago
Bozos and clowns are a universal cultural phenomenon.

overgard 3mo ago

This stuff makes me nostalgic for NFTs and the metaverse which is pretty horrifying all things considered.