Yes, Google probably can achieve quantum supremacy by slapping a few more qubits. But a few more qubits were, in fact, not slapped yet. So quantum supremacy is very much not achieved, and Google should not claim so.
Yes, Google probably can achieve quantum supremacy by slapping a few more qubits. But a few more qubits were, in fact, not slapped yet. So quantum supremacy is very much not achieved, and Google should not claim so.
That's why arguing over whether it's really quantum supremacy is just not useful. People can always move the goalposts, so we might as well ban that word from discussion. The underlying fact, which nobody is debating, is that quantum computers are regularly doing tasks that are harder and harder for classical computers to.
And yes, the ECT is obviously false -- or at the very least, not obviously true. I'm surprised at how many CS people think it is some unassailable principle. Most CS courses devote precisely zero time to non-classical models of computation. If you've never studied a model of computation that could challenge ECT, then how can you be so sure of it? This is like being absolutely certain that I am the tallest person in the world, and refusing to ever leave my house to check.
The Extended version goes on to say a probabilistic TM can efficiently simulate all realistic models of computation. Quantum computers very likely violate the efficiency claim and this supremacy result is strong evidence in support.