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Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet?

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335 points ingve | 1 comments | 31 Aug 25 12:14 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alchemist1e9 ◴[31 Aug 25 13:33 UTC] No.45083047[source]▶
And these are the same quantum computers that will eventually break ecliptic curve cryptography? Now I’m very confused.
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santiagobasulto ◴[31 Aug 25 13:43 UTC] No.45083099[source]▶
The potential is there, we haven't made it yet. It's the same with AI, AGI and all that. Imagine if you'd read a response from GPT-2 back in 2019, you'd also be like "and these are the same models that will eventually give us AGI".
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1. fmbb ◴[31 Aug 25 14:00 UTC] No.45083200[source]▶
Imagine if you'd read a response from GPT-5 in 2025, you'd also be like "and these are the same models that will eventually give us AGI".