← Back to context Comment by baxtr 2 days ago With the hype QC these days, I find it hard to separate hype from real progress. 19 comments baxtr Reply trollbridge 2 days ago Reminds me the state of nuclear fusion. blitzar 2 days ago Just a decade away now. femto 2 days ago That's progress, if fusion is always only 10 years away now! The running joke used to be that it was always 30 years away. adrianN 2 days ago Fusion is a number of dollars away, not years. It gets almost no funding because it’sa science and engineering experiment that most likely will not lead to economically viable power plants in a market dominated by renewables. michaelcampbell 2 days ago That's String Theory providing "answers", no? mrroper 2 days ago So just like AI? ashirviskas 2 days ago Nah, it's a decade away from *now*. 3 replies → api 2 days ago … and like fusion it will be a decade away, a decade away, a decade away, six months away, then we have it.The “decade away” phenomenon comes from the fact that it’s basically impossible to time estimate innovation. 5 replies → pseudohadamard 1 day ago They should ask Iran to do it, they're only a month away all the time. functional_dev 2 days ago The ETH article title is actually fine - "a new trick brings stability."The hype is in the HN title. scorpionfeet 2 days ago That’s why we have “reading”. Literally the first paragraph. So in this case, pretty easy to separate.
trollbridge 2 days ago Reminds me the state of nuclear fusion. blitzar 2 days ago Just a decade away now. femto 2 days ago That's progress, if fusion is always only 10 years away now! The running joke used to be that it was always 30 years away. adrianN 2 days ago Fusion is a number of dollars away, not years. It gets almost no funding because it’sa science and engineering experiment that most likely will not lead to economically viable power plants in a market dominated by renewables. michaelcampbell 2 days ago That's String Theory providing "answers", no? mrroper 2 days ago So just like AI? ashirviskas 2 days ago Nah, it's a decade away from *now*. 3 replies → api 2 days ago … and like fusion it will be a decade away, a decade away, a decade away, six months away, then we have it.The “decade away” phenomenon comes from the fact that it’s basically impossible to time estimate innovation. 5 replies → pseudohadamard 1 day ago They should ask Iran to do it, they're only a month away all the time.
blitzar 2 days ago Just a decade away now. femto 2 days ago That's progress, if fusion is always only 10 years away now! The running joke used to be that it was always 30 years away. adrianN 2 days ago Fusion is a number of dollars away, not years. It gets almost no funding because it’sa science and engineering experiment that most likely will not lead to economically viable power plants in a market dominated by renewables. michaelcampbell 2 days ago That's String Theory providing "answers", no? mrroper 2 days ago So just like AI? ashirviskas 2 days ago Nah, it's a decade away from *now*. 3 replies → api 2 days ago … and like fusion it will be a decade away, a decade away, a decade away, six months away, then we have it.The “decade away” phenomenon comes from the fact that it’s basically impossible to time estimate innovation. 5 replies → pseudohadamard 1 day ago They should ask Iran to do it, they're only a month away all the time.
femto 2 days ago That's progress, if fusion is always only 10 years away now! The running joke used to be that it was always 30 years away.
adrianN 2 days ago Fusion is a number of dollars away, not years. It gets almost no funding because it’sa science and engineering experiment that most likely will not lead to economically viable power plants in a market dominated by renewables.
api 2 days ago … and like fusion it will be a decade away, a decade away, a decade away, six months away, then we have it.The “decade away” phenomenon comes from the fact that it’s basically impossible to time estimate innovation. 5 replies →
functional_dev 2 days ago The ETH article title is actually fine - "a new trick brings stability."The hype is in the HN title.
scorpionfeet 2 days ago That’s why we have “reading”. Literally the first paragraph. So in this case, pretty easy to separate.
Reminds me the state of nuclear fusion.
Just a decade away now.
That's progress, if fusion is always only 10 years away now! The running joke used to be that it was always 30 years away.
Fusion is a number of dollars away, not years. It gets almost no funding because it’sa science and engineering experiment that most likely will not lead to economically viable power plants in a market dominated by renewables.
That's String Theory providing "answers", no?
So just like AI?
Nah, it's a decade away from *now*.
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… and like fusion it will be a decade away, a decade away, a decade away, six months away, then we have it.
The “decade away” phenomenon comes from the fact that it’s basically impossible to time estimate innovation.
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They should ask Iran to do it, they're only a month away all the time.
The ETH article title is actually fine - "a new trick brings stability."
The hype is in the HN title.
That’s why we have “reading”. Literally the first paragraph. So in this case, pretty easy to separate.