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Commodore 64 claimed to outperform IBM's quantum system — sarcastic researchers say 1 MHz computer is faster, more efficient, and decently accurate (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Same thing with fusion reactors.

All the current machines out there are for research purposes only. Nobody can currently power an arc furnace of a steel mill using only fusion power. Sure, there’s been some progress with fusion and quantum computing, but it takes a while to get to an actual practical application of the technology.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

While I am convinced that fusion will get somewhere practical in the near future, I have serious doubts on the practical viability of quantum computing.

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So, do you think that quantum computing has a much longer way to go?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

I'm quite convinced that quantum computing will lead to exacly nothing. My bet is that the error factor will grow larger than the result scope, and not a single thing they try to stabilize will ultimatively make it viable.