I'm not really an expert, but last year a there was a study that showed there was no quantum speedup. http://katzgraber.org/currents/media/press/2014-06-scienc

I'm not really an expert, but last year a there was a study that showed there was no quantum speedup. http://katzgraber.org/currents/media/press/2014-06-science_long.PDF http://katzgraber.org/currents/media/press/2014-06-science_l... I also read this blog: http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1400 http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=1400 That was what convinced me, but it's a bit over my head so perhaps I shouldn't be convinced. I just thought there was some similarity to it in terms of the hype vs the public information available.