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When will they (or anyone) be able to run Shor's algorithm to factor the number 35? There was a failed attempt in 2019.

The key is to give an optimistic roadmap and then work on delivering it as fast as possible.

Maybe I am getting a bit cynical but it seems that is what all companies and workers are doing.

Lying enough to get people excited to fund you, but not quite enough to catch a fraud charge.

There's a huge difference between saying "we can do" and "we think we will be able to do".

The real difference is between "we think we can do it" and "we think we can get away with saying it".

It reads like wishful thinking, or an upper bound of what could happen in the best-case scenario.