Google quantum chip solves in 5 minutes a task that would take 10 septillion years
acmoytoy · x · 2026-10-31
Citing SciNatureNews: Google's quantum chip completed in five minutes a computation that would take a classical machine 10 septillion years. Physicists say the result lends support to the multiverse interpretation, though that framing is widely seen as an exaggerated takeaway from the random circuit sampling experiment. Image is a multiverse concept illustration.
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