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Google performed the first quantum simulation of a chemical reaction (newscientist.com)
19 points by cyrc on Aug 29, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


The levels of hype in this announcement are astounding. The type of calculation they ran was literally run by hand at the dawn of the last century. It was a mean field calculation, meaning the actual quantum nature of the device wasn't really used, the inputs and outputs were essentially classical degrees of freedom. A more accurate title would be: Google twiddles with 72 unitary rotations, makes ludicrous argument they are at the cutting edge to keep lab open.




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