The last time I heard a similar news from Google, it turned out they were solving a quantum phenomenon using a quantum phenomenon. It seems to be the same pattern here. Not to say it's not progress, but kind of feels like overhyped.
Idk. I get this is the median take across many comments, I don’t mean to be disagreeable with a crowd. But I don’t know why using quantum phenomena is a sign something’s off. It’s a quantum computer! But I know something is off with this take if it didn’t strike you that way.
To me, it matters because it's a sign that it might not be particularly transferable as a method of computation.
A wind tunnel is a great tool for solving aerodynamics and fluid flow problems, more efficiently than a typical computer. But we don't call it a wind-computer, because it's not a useful tool outside of that narrow domain.
The promise of quantum computing is that it can solve useful problems outside the quantum realm - like breaking traditional encryption.
refulgentis|4 months ago
fwip|4 months ago
A wind tunnel is a great tool for solving aerodynamics and fluid flow problems, more efficiently than a typical computer. But we don't call it a wind-computer, because it's not a useful tool outside of that narrow domain.
The promise of quantum computing is that it can solve useful problems outside the quantum realm - like breaking traditional encryption.