alt Hacker NewsNot sure what is going on in QC world; With this ACM prize it has become even more murky.
As Sabine Hossenfelder (Theoretical Physicist) points out, companies to do with QC are seeing a surge in investments and marketing. It is as if somebody knows something that the "common public" doesn't - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTS7JZTyZY
I don't know enough about the science/technology to form an opinion but have recently started down the path of trying to understand it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599807
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hammock • today at 1:29 AM
Check out Eric weinsteins latest theory about how frontier physics has moved “dark” (with a grain of salt, some of the other things he says might tempt you to discount him completely)
> It is as if somebody knows something that the "common public" doesn't
oooorrr - and hear me out - investments are inherently hype-based and irrational and there is too much money flying around to do actual smart decisions