Post Azbb7Syafc8Hm4ijk8 by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
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 (DIR) Post #AzbM8UQnFQYxGPwTjc by davidgerard@circumstances.run
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       Prospective quantum bubble watchers: you will see the phrase "QUANTUM SUPREMACY" leading all PR pushesthis means QUANTUM SUPREMACY in doing some tiny thing that may - or may not - impress somebody, but is absolutely not a real-world applicationwe have achieved QUANTUM SUPREMACY in useless shit
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbMojXPTJ1GHMBF9k by davidgerard@circumstances.run
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       @tess trying so hard!
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbN5rjAHBRabLqcvA by kittylyst@mastodon.social
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       @davidgerard Have done a bit of digging, my understanding is that even the headline "Quantum computer breaks RSA" is a) Only 40-bit and b) Only on very specific hardware which includes a bunch of additional classical components for "priming" (i.e. it's still smoke and mirrors)
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbNC1yz3p4k92Bec4 by gbargoud@masto.nyc
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       @davidgerard Every so often I debate whether or not to polish off the knowledge from that quantum computing class I took to see if I can get in nice and early in the next grift cycle
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbO3qVFxP5EBAwX4K by artwaw@c.im
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       @davidgerard IBM’s claims were debunked in the most funny way ever, using C64https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/quantum-computing/commodore-64-outperforms-ibms-quantum-systems-1-mhz-computer-said-to-be-faster-more-efficient-and-decently-accurate
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbOnxK6vpw4eWiV7o by barubary@infosec.exchange
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       @davidgerard Awaiting QUANTUM IDENTITY and QUANTUM ULTIMATUM
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbYs7xUKd6mKwlN8C by jplebreton@mastodon.social
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       @davidgerard not loving the vibes word "supremacy" has accrued within tech what with all those guys lining up to support the white nationalist president
       
 (DIR) Post #Azbb7Syafc8Hm4ijk8 by stevenaleach@sigmoid.social
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       @davidgerard Once again, a quantum system has been shown to be better at providing statistical information on a quantum system than a simulation of the same system...   literally all "quantum supremacy" claims are just the system "modeling" itself (or a subset of itself).
       
 (DIR) Post #AzbmJxPISDnz7mN3Jo by fluffykittycat@furry.engineer
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       @davidgerard Quantum Computing is a research project, I quite heavily Capital intensive one that doesn't involve anything public facing
       
 (DIR) Post #Azbr2x7KmHM94dgDOS by atax1a@infosec.exchange
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       @davidgerard i wonder what other supremacy movements run in these circles, we think, shortly before taking a bong rip so hard that our neighbors call the fire department
       
 (DIR) Post #AzcQuzSHnXwOMFyyyu by cmessias@fosstodon.org
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       @davidgerard I admit that QUANTUM SUPREMACY seems like it is something very RAD and COOL, but I am yet to see something useful come out of it
       
 (DIR) Post #AzcVaD0ehwig5My7V2 by SvenGeier@mathstodon.xyz
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       @davidgerardGiven how much of human activity is useless shit, I think "quantum supremacy in useless shit" might actually be useful?
       
 (DIR) Post #AzdPm9CcHc5HBbph0y by Jer@chirp.enworld.org
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       @davidgerard "The Quantum Supremacy" sounds like the name of a spy novel you'd find in an airport bookstore.I do like that it's, like, a very tiny supremacy. Very small - just a single tiny unit of supremacy.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzdTldcM79oF2nsuPo by davidgerard@circumstances.run
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       @Jer and it turns out "QUANTUM SUPREMACY" means "at last an actual qubit solved an artificial problem faster than the simulator"
       
 (DIR) Post #AzdTwM7VVhGTxhZA9o by Jer@chirp.enworld.org
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       @davidgerard So it IS a very tiny amount of supremacy!