Comment by DrNosferatu

5 hours ago

The math might be beautiful, but I'm very skeptical - practical - quantum computers will ever deliver their promise.

Not sure what is going on in QC world; With this ACM prize it has become even more murky.

As Sabine Hossenfelder (Theoretical Physicist) points out, companies to do with QC are seeing a surge in investments and marketing. It is as if somebody knows something that the "common public" doesn't - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599807