> The Google research paper hasn't been peer reviewed, so scientists have yet weigh in on the latest results.
So I'll maintain skepticism for a little while.
Another note:
> it comes with some caveats -- not the least of which is that the computer was engineered for the specific optimization task it was tested with.
I'm fine with this. While a general purpose quantum computer would be preferable, there is a high enough volume of optimization problems to make special purpose machines incredibly valuable.
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[ 5.5 ms ] story [ 9.8 ms ] thread> The Google research paper hasn't been peer reviewed, so scientists have yet weigh in on the latest results.
So I'll maintain skepticism for a little while.
Another note:
> it comes with some caveats -- not the least of which is that the computer was engineered for the specific optimization task it was tested with.
I'm fine with this. While a general purpose quantum computer would be preferable, there is a high enough volume of optimization problems to make special purpose machines incredibly valuable.