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the quantum hype bandwagon is rolling out (www.ft.com)
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the VCs are pushing the quantum hype again. this is an FT editorial

(archive.is isn't working for me, anyone wanna post an archive link)

note lack of citation of actual results, a ton of handwaving about big companies, repeated "could," and the earliest date postulated is 2033

many of the important requirements for a VC bubble party

the tech press has been loaded with this shit, just a fuckin flood of it, all this nonspecific and glossing over the lack of mere existing tech in the present day

note that this has nothing to do with actual quantum computing, this is purely how to set up the tech macguffin for a bubble party

pretty good for a thing that is real - but doesn't exist as a technology yet or any time soon

bsky:

Tired: cloud computing

Wired: could computing

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 7 points 2 weeks ago

This is a shot in the dark on my part, but I get the suspicion the quantum hype is gonna face direct resistance, in a similar manner to LLMs/AI.

Quantum's supposed encryption-breaking abilities are currently a hypothetical, but hype about such abilities could prompt fears that governments/corporations would abuse quantum to supercharge currently existing mass surveillance, enabling governments to invade people's privacy without needing a backdoor or corporate cooperation.

High energy consumption will likely prompt resistance as well - the current crop of quantum computers consume a lot of power to keep their chips within spitting distance of absolute zero, and after seeing AI corps do everything in their power to consume as much energy as possible, I can see the public expecting similar behaviour in the upcoming quantum bubble, and reacting accordingly.