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		ipsum2 on Dec 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Willow, Our Quantum Chip They renamed quantum supremacy to "beyond-classical"? That's something.

sdenton4 on Dec 9, 2024 | [–]

Quantum supremacy was an absolutely awful name for what it was (ability to do something, anything, better than a classical computer, which remains 'supreme' on all problems of any practical interest).

airstrike on Dec 9, 2024 | | [–]

Sure, but it sounded much cooler

maxboone on Dec 9, 2024 | [–]

https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.06768

It's not something that new, I like it.

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