Microsoft's quantum computing claims slammed as 'fraudulent'
Microsoft's quantum computing claims slammed as 'fraudulent'
Microsoft touts its Majorana 1 breakthrough as the world's first topoconductor, but some scientists claim it's unreliable.
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Check it, yo. In the 90s all the articles and rumors around quantum computing were exactly the same. Exactly.
Whenever I hear about some new quantum computing breakthrough, I spend about five seconds wondering if it's real and then I feel very nostalgic because no, it never is.
Quantum computer do exist. And have existed for some time now. Breakthroughs have been achieved several times.
Sure, sure and it’s interesting stuff. But not anywhere near useful in the sense people mean when they talk about computers.
They are as useful as the Large Hadron Collider, or the New Horizons probe.
They are instruments of practical scientific research. They may have some return in useful technology or not, but science is always worth it.
Except quantum computers do indeed exist right now, and did not in the 90's. Sadly, the hype and corporate interests still make it difficult to tell truth from nonsense.
Yeah, sure they exist. Much like the ENIAC. And it’s cool stuff to work with. It’s just not anywhere close to practical. And it never has been.