Ask HN: What happened with quantum computers anyway?

4 points by pera · 3 comments

Back in 2024 there were a lot of news regarding quantum computers and even some claims of quantum supremacy, with famous bloggers like Scott Aaronson having very heated arguments online on whether those claims were real or not.

We are now approaching the end of 2026 and it feels like not much has happened since then but I was curious to hear from people working on this field.

3 comments

firefax

i had a coworker who interned at the nsa, who when i tried to ask some questions about the publicly available research on the subject rolled his eyes and said "they can see everything".

i have no idea if he was lying or not, but i had a pattern in my early 20s of people revealing information they shouldn't then gatekeeping my career for not keeping it as confidential as they'd like...

(if you're reading this "comrade": i'm just a rational actor responding to incentives.)

Borg3

There is new hype now.. AI ;) No need for quantum computing...

marysminefnuf

Theyre coming just still in the womb i guess