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Instead of 10,000 years, it took ~200 seconds.
A computing milestone "comparable in importance to the Wright brothers 1st flight"
nature.com/articles/s4158… @NatureNews
nature.com/articles/d4158… @NatureNV
blog.google/perspectives/s… @Google by @sundarpichai
technologyreview.com/s/614608/googl…
@NatureNews @NatureNV @Google @sundarpichai @GoogleAI @techreview "It’s early days, but where quantum mechanics shines is the ability to simulate molecules... Drug discovery is a great example"
"when I look at medicines, this is why I am confident one day QC will drive progress"@sundarpichai
A simple molecule: caffeine has 10 to the 48 states
@NatureNews @NatureNV @Google @sundarpichai @GoogleAI @techreview A wise, balanced editorial @nature on this milestone achievement in science and engineering vis-à-vis the quantum gold rush
nature.com/articles/d4158…
and more perspective
nature.com/articles/d4158…
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No, It won't @TIME
@TIME Let me tell you why it won't @TIME @TIMEHealth
1. Robots don't actually see; they ingest pixels
2. I don't want to see a robot for my medical care, nor do most people
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"Prime" #CRISPR genome editing: a new chapter integrating reverse transcriptase for search and replace that is yet more versatile and precise; might be suitable for approaching 89% of disease-causing mutations
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