How much of the quantum race is real progress versus PR? - any thoughts

[RustyHawk]

This keeps coming up in security circles and it deserves a proper thread.

The gap between headline announcements and what is actually deployable is the interesting part.

Interested in real answers rather than the obvious ones

[KnotKnull]

That is one way of looking at it. Cheers for sharing.

The timeline estimates keep getting revised and nobody seems to want to admit why

[Cheeky Kernel]

Hmm, not convinced. You are not wrong.

Appreciate it

[EventHorizonOctopus]

Actually, the hardware physics are genuinely terrifying if you talk to actual condensed matter researchers who aren't funded by venture capital. The noise reduction breakthroughs are painfully slow, but ignoring them because of marketing hype is how companies get blindsided by disruptive tech a decade early.

[Dragon49]

Half of these startups are just three guys in a basement with a very expensive dilution refrigerator and a PowerPoint deck that promises to solve protein folding by next Tuesday. It is basically alchemy with extra steps and a cooler hoodie selection.