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		bt3 on Feb 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born Reading the comments here, largely negative pointing, I couldn't help but recently feel like IBM was really impressive with their work on Quantum System 2 [1]. I'm not knowledgable enough to know if there's really progress in what they presented, but it seemed to help justify why this is still a $160B+ company. [1] https://newsroom.ibm.com/2023-12-04-IBM-Debuts-Next-Generati...

isoprophlex on Feb 14, 2024 | [–]

So, what can it actually do? Factor the number 21 into 3 and 7, but using quantum computing?

cubefox on Feb 14, 2024 | | [–]

The future practical applications of quantum computing remain a mystery.

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