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Quantum Computing’s Hard, Cold Reality Check: Hype is everywhere, skeptics say, and practical applications are still far away (spectrum.ieee.org)

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[–] Inucune@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

OOTL: what is this machine in the thumbnails I keep seeing associated with AI?

[–] QueriesQueried@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago

That's actually what current quantum computers look like. The chips themselves are reasonably small, but the whole metal apparatus you see is there to keep it close to 0° kelvin, as the quantum bits kinda just "dissolve" if they're not in a superconducting state. Not super knowladgable in this area, but that's my layman's understanding.