Google claims to have proved its supremacy over conventional machines with new quantum computer

Is it akin to the revolutionary code-breaking system from Digital Fortress called TRANSLTR?

I hope it won’t.

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You trust Google to use quantum tech for purely scientific pursuits?

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I mean, there’s not much you can currently do on quantum computers. It’s basically either cracking encryptions or folding proteins at this point.

And quantum-proof encryption already exists.

(I’m oversimplifying, but quantum computer isn’t a faster computer. It’s just one that can solve a really narrow problem set faster. But you need a task that’s basically find 1 random correct answer out of these lots of possibilities. It won’t run Crysis. )

I don’t immediately distrust technology, like a moron.

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Keep it civil.

My distrust is in Google, not technology.

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