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Feathercrown t1_j9myefw wrote

Reply to comment by Hostilis_ in Google announces major breakthrough that represents ‘significant shift’ in quantum computers by Ezekiel_W

I'm not so sure; this could change that. As I understand it, error correction is the most major hurdle to scaling quantum stuff.

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Hostilis_ t1_j9n0wlf wrote

To be honest, it's these results which makes me uninspired. In going from 17 physical qubits to 49, they were able to reduce the error rate from... 3.0 to 2.9 percent. Even though this is a big milestone for the field, in absolute terms it's abysmal.

This is also only with a tiny number of logical qubits. Scaling these systems to usable sizes will take decades.

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TastyFennel540 t1_j9nj567 wrote

It will take decades, Google even alludes to that on their site, but to be honest, the insane power of quantum computers is worth it.

I don't think it will be like fusion in the sense, that most experts understand this task is complex and know how long this will take unlike fusion. Mostly No one thinks quantum computing will happen in the next 7 years.

There will be more computing advances in the near future to look forward too.

Maybe then we'll have a tech points cheat code for our civilization

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