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I work in the field to some extent, although more closely on photonic computing, and would agree there is a majority of snake oil in the field. Yet that's the case with any field above a certain size that has recently become the latest buzzword. Just look at AI.
There most certainly are people with valuable contributions in the field, that will eventually change how we are able to analyse the world around us. We are a long way from that but these steps are the start to the end goal in 10's of years from now.
Whether you are considered a "scammer", greatly depends on what side of it. I do feel there are people who are scammers in the field, as well as people who aren't smart enough to realise how unrealistic their plan is, who are then funded by people even less qualified to state how unrealistic the plan is. Basically, a Theranos situation again. Again, this also applies to so many other companies including AI.
the claims that there will be sudden jumps by orders of magnitude in computing power are damaging to the trust in cryptography and divert attention from the real work that moves the fields of semiconductors and cryptography forwards.
it is arrogant towards the people that create real value because it frames the real tech as obsolete.
i see everyone involved in this pseudoscientific scam industry as the enemy. The credibility of this field and everyone involved will only drop from here.
I would agree that some claims are lies or misguided, however yes with the right algorithmic processes, these devices can affect current security of cryptography one day. That doesn't mean their work was worthless but like everything, things progress. It's not obsolete, it's been built on.
The industry shouldn't be fabricating claims but the industry that is honest of which there are many, do not need to protect other industries. Fabrication happens in every industry.
Tech is only obsolete if you aren't inventive of how to repurpose it.
you use pseudoscientific aesthetics to steal money from taxpayers and the stock market. Non of this will ever produce real economic value.
> That doesn't mean their work was worthless but like everything, things progress.
what an obscene claim. Some things are not progress they are just fraud. You are peddling modern day alchemy. That "one day" it would affect the price of gold never came.
Your stuff is ivory tower theoretical research. You shouldn't be allowed to stand here and make "predictions" that one day you will make gold from lead.
in the next few years people like you will not be allowed to make your fraudulent claims without pushback. Credibility for this "industry" is only going down as you are unable to deliver.
Your skepticism is valid to some extent with some implementations but your background knowledge doesn't support your theory and clearly hasn't seen the results first hand (which is understandable of course unless you work in research in that field).
I am very curious why your point of view is expressed in this manner. It feels as if you were in a field that is now recieving less funding due to QC and PC.
It feels as if you are collating all work with any mention of quantum as one which it isn't. Also it feels as if you are assuming quantum computing is exclusively focused on brute force algorithm cryptography cracking which again it isn't. Quantum computing is exclusively any form of computing that utilizes quantum theory to manipulate data. That's not automatically "better" just more effective for certain circumstances.
There are already real world examples of quantum computing methods utilising photons that can perform security jobs that classical computing simply couldn't do especially in relation to photon pairs.
Not snake oil, just engineering and physics.
"Not snake oil, just engineering and physics." take your scam somewhere else ai bot.
you are a scammer and you should be ashamed of yourself. Stop perpetuating your lies, your credibility will be gone soon. better to stay far away from this fraudulent field
However the readout is always done by a classical computer at the moment. We aren't at the stage where we have an integrated system that can use photonic chip say from start to finish. That's not a sign it's fraudulent, that's just the stage we are at.
Secondly, there are fraudulent claims in every area of research or enhanced claims, that doesn't mean none of the science is valid.
What's your background here?
the audacity.
The stage we are at and that we will never leave is that quantum "computers" are just sources of very expensive random noise.
there is no credible path towards leaving this stage.
The only response to that is an appeal to "authority". It is becoming more and more apparent that only low quality "show man" type people are left in this clown "industry". Trumps endorsement with the white house push for "quantum" might be the last nail in the coffin.
There is no money coming into this field without practically useful results and there wont be any.
A few billion through penny stock scams a few billion through government grant graft. What a sad little show. Only stupid people and conman types will join this "field"
I'll stop responding now as I was genuinely curious to hear your reasoning and see your sources but you seem unwilling to share either so it is quite hard to have open communication.
these people dress up theoretical ivory tower research as something practical. It isnt. There was zero progress over the last decades.
This is not a real field like semiconductors where every improvement is driven by real demand that directly results in value and a better world.
Meanwhile this quantum fake science does nothing. It produces no value. It leeches value and credibility and presents itself as future and progress. While contributing nothing.
Also, the dress up is done mostly by marketing and by the big egos in the field who think that because 5 big discoveries where made in the field then every discovery is a big discovery.
That being said, research in quantum computers has contributed to adjacent fields: cryo, lasers, controls, probably semiconductor too..
And on real world value, I am not fully caught up on the improvements currently offered say in optimization problems, but definitely there's definitely real contributions in quantum communications.
So... maybe you don't appreciate the contributions but there have been some.
its just absurd to claim this tiny junk science fraud field has contributed anything.
Its like saying that theranos has contributed to medicine and medtech. What a joke.