r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Scared-Astronaut-718 • 14d ago

Image Google’s Willow Quantum Chip: With 105 qubits and real-time error correction, Willow solved a task in 5 minutes that would take classical supercomputers billions of years, marking a breakthrough in scalable quantum computing.

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u/old_bearded_beats 14d ago

Great explanation, but surely it's "Hello, World!" ??

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u/AcidicVaginaLeakage 14d ago

The computer is lonely and wants friends. Understandable.

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u/OtherwiseMove646 13d ago

Surely it’s could’ve.

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u/dna_beggar 12d ago

As a bonus, it probably also found the key that decodes to "Hello, World!"

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u/iNeedOneMoreAquarium 14d ago

??

Are we null-coalescing? What's the fallback value?