Comment by catlifeonmars
5 hours ago
Shor's algorithm needs technology we still don’t have. Get back to me when we can have more than a handful of qubits reliably compute things.
5 hours ago
Shor's algorithm needs technology we still don’t have. Get back to me when we can have more than a handful of qubits reliably compute things.
We only need the ability to make make 1 qubit with indefinite reliable / fully error corrected state. Quantum interconnects would allow for these to be connected into arbitrarily large quantum computers.
So we only need to invent actual quantum computers. Got it, easy.
Yes, but since R&D and funding are in a feedback loop now (promising results -> more money -> better results etc), it might only take a couple more years to get there. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/amazon-quera-promise...
It's more akin to "we only need to make reliable transistors to make classical computers." With the invention of the planar transistor, going from 1 transistor to 100 or 100k was not that big of a step, comparatively.