I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: these claims of “quantum supremacy”—even “official” ones, whatever that means—are nonsense.
The “task” the Google team chose to tackle seems so contrived as to make their claims of quantum supremacy worthless.
The “task” the Google team chose to tackle seems so contrived as to make their claims of quantum supremacy worthless.
My take is that Google’s device can’t do useful work at this point in time; that’s fine, its not supposed to. It’s an R&D testbed and from that perspective, they have made some interesting advancements.
It’s sad that those advancements are overshadowed by nonsensical claims.
It’s sad that those advancements are overshadowed by nonsensical claims.
I’ve had dozens of people ask me if this is the end of #crypto (-graphy or -currency, take your pick) in response to these silly claims.
The answer is no. For more, check out my earlier tweets on the topic:
The answer is no. For more, check out my earlier tweets on the topic:
