Information Security & Occasional Forays Into Adjacent Realms
Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys: Behold The Quantum Battle Dome, occupied by opposing Quantum Computational Devices. On the left, appears Sycamore - Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) quantum computational construct and on the right, you'll see the quantum device monikered Summit, carefully crafted by IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM). All of this, via the expert commentary of Kevin Hartnett, writing at Quanta Magazine. Enjoy.
via John Preskill, writing at Quanta Magazine, comes this outstanding piece providing an explanatory flourish to his coinging of the term 'Quantum Supermecy' in 2012. Today's MustRead!
'The words “quantum supremacy” — if not the concept — proved to be controversial for two reasons. One is that supremacy, through its association with white supremacy, evokes a repugnant political stance. The other reason is that the word exacerbates the already overhyped reporting on the status of quantum technology.' - via John Preskill, whilst writing at Quanta Magazine, comes this tremendous explantory post