Tag Archives: John Martinis

Gil’s Collegial Quantum Supremacy Skepticism FAQ

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Gil Kalai

The first 15 samples of Google’s  53 qubit  flagship quantum supremacy experiment!   After the sensationally successful Scott’s Supreme Quantum Superiority FAQ and Boaz’s inferior classical inferiority FAQ let me add my contribution, explaining my current skeptical view. (I was actually … Continue reading →

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Quantum computers: amazing progress (Google & IBM), and extraordinary but probably false supremacy claims (Google).

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Gil Kalai

A 2017 cartoon from this post. After the embargo update (Oct 25): Now that I have some answers from the people involved let me make a quick update: 1) I still find the paper  unconvincing, specifically, the verifiable experiments (namely experiments … Continue reading →

Posted in Combinatorics, Computer Science and Optimization, Quantum, Updates | Tagged | 67 Comments