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AlphaQubit: AI to identify errors in Quantum Computers

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117 points roboboffin | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 18:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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outworlder ◴[20 Nov 24 21:36 UTC] No.42198355[source]▶
So, an inherently error-prone computation is being corrected by another very error prone computation?
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leptons ◴[20 Nov 24 22:36 UTC] No.42198861[source]▶
I've never seen so much money spent on a fundamentally flawed tech, since maybe Theranos. I'm really starting to doubt the viability of the current crop of quantum computing attempts. I think there probably is some way to harness quantum effects, but I'm not sure computing with inherently high margin of error is the right way to do it.
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1. benreesman ◴[21 Nov 24 04:06 UTC] No.42200990[source]▶
I think quantum computing research makes a lot more sense through the lens of “real scientists had to do something for funding while string theory was going on”.

Quantum computing may or may not get industrial results in the next N years, but those folks do theory, they often if not usually (in)validate it by experiment: it’s science.