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New technique in error-prone quantum computing makes classical computers sweat (news.berkeley.edu)

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In a recent competition, a state-of-the-art quantum computer barely edged out a supercomputer, showing the growing utility of even noisy quantum computers.

[...] a new study shows that, even lacking good error correction, there are ways to mitigate errors that could make quantum computers useful today.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just when I think I have a handle on what quantum computing is and start to build a mental model of it, they come up with stuff like this that makes me question myself. I can sort of see how, if the noise had a non-uniform impact on the state of the system how such a thing could be possible. But the fact they actually have managed to do it is amazing to me!