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Willow quantum chip demonstrates verifiable quantum advantage on hardware

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429 points AbhishekParmar | 2 comments | 22 Oct 25 15:16 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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i-con ◴[22 Oct 25 15:56 UTC] No.45671066[source]▶
Notice how they say "quantum advantage" not "supremacy" and "a (big) step toward real-world applications". So actually just another step as always. And I'm left to doubt if the classic algorithm used for comparison was properly optimised.
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1. streptomycin ◴[22 Oct 25 16:16 UTC] No.45671402[source]▶
FWIW "quantum advantage" and "quantum supremacy" are synonyms, some people just prefer the former because the latter reminds them of "white supremacy" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_supremacy#Criticism_of...
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2. i-con ◴[22 Oct 25 16:26 UTC] No.45671559[source]▶
Good point, I had no idea. I actually thought they just restrained themselves this time :D