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Stephen Downes

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This post signals the beginning of the hype wave for quantum computing as it discusses Microsoft's announcement that it has developed a new state of matter called 'topological superconductivity'. I've seen enough from my workplace to be able to say that quantum computing is a real thing and will make life interesting for developers and programmers (or their AI tools) for the next few decades. But I want to remond people as the hype wave startes that quantum computing has been in development for a long time in academic and government computer labs. Microsoft isn't creating or inventing quantum computing; it's trying to commercialize it. Take careful note of the difference.

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