[HN Gopher] Google and xPrize launch $5M prize to find actual us...
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       Google and xPrize launch $5M prize to find actual uses for quantum
       computers
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2024-03-06 20:30 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.newscientist.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.newscientist.com)
        
       | andreldm wrote:
       | Reminds me of that part of Pirates of the Silicon Valley, where
       | the people of the Homebrew Computer Club were trying to find a
       | use for the MITS Altair. Although Quantum Computers are several
       | magnitude orders more complex, it's amusing to see history
       | repeating itself.
        
       | _8091149529 wrote:
       | Reading the competition rules, the prize will be awarded for
       | algorithms that do the most societal good with the smallest
       | estimated size of quantum computer - There is no requirement to
       | actually execute the proposed computation. Also they give no time
       | horizon by when the hardware should exist. So, it's very possible
       | that no "actual uses" for quantum computers are known even after
       | the prize has been handed out.
        
       | latenightcoding wrote:
       | I don't trust google with picking a useful winner. I've been to
       | this type of events and it's always the ridiculous projects that
       | win. Google has pushed: quantum neural networks and "quantum
       | wormholes".
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       | moreover, one of the scientists interviewed in the article works
       | or worked at a company that used to be in quantum cryptography
       | then they pivoted to quantum fraud detection now they are in
       | quantum AI, and have made some really absurd claims about graph
       | problems and random sampling.
        
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