1/6 Juicy sci-fi story premise: Should quantum computing actually become useful…

E.g. see https://t.co/yJ5juz29Rf.

BUT…

— Tim Bray (@timbray) December 4, 2020

Chinese Scientists Claim Quantum Supremacy https://t.co/OFK6xuihnU

— Martin Ford (@MFordFuture) December 4, 2020

#China Claims #Quantum Supremacy With Computer 10 Billion Times Faster Than Google's Prototypehttps://t.co/IOdP25Zmta

— Evan Kirstel #RemoteWork (@EvanKirstel) December 4, 2020

But sure, let’s go ahead and kick big tech in the nuts in a defense bill... https://t.co/qyLDFHB215 pic.twitter.com/uKcE3iIldY

— Patrick Hedger (@PatHedger18) December 4, 2020

Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer that is able to perform certain computations nearly 100 trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputerhttps://t.co/d9oerLaDX9

— Gadgets 360 (@Gadgets360) December 4, 2020

China claims it built a quantum computer that’s 10 billion times faster than Google’s (story by @mrgreene1977) https://t.co/g2Wd9WvPpr

— TNW (@thenextweb) December 4, 2020

Chinese scientists achieve quantum computational advantage https://t.co/bINJ0SULxf via @cgtnofficial

— Zhang Heqing (@zhang_heqing) December 4, 2020

Chinese scientists achieve quantum computational advantage https://t.co/n3YifmMyXx

— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) December 4, 2020

Jiuzhang's quantum computing system can implement large-scale GBS 100 trillion times faster than the world's fastest existing supercomputer. https://t.co/bINJ0SULxf

— Zhang Heqing (@zhang_heqing) December 4, 2020

? A research team announced a significant computing breakthrough, achieving a quantum computational advantage.

? The team established a quantum computer prototype, named "Jiuzhang," via which up to 76 photons were detected.https://t.co/JnYemrkmVk

— CGTN Europe (@CGTNEurope) December 4, 2020