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by denzil_correa·6y ago·view on hn ↗
Here's a viewpoint from John Preskill who coined the term "Quantum Supremacy"

https://www.quantamagazine.org/john-preskill-explains-quantu...

> The quantum supremacy milestone allegedly achieved by Google is a pivotal step in the quest for practical quantum computers. I thought it would be useful to have a word for the era that is now dawning, so I recently made one up: NISQ. (It rhymes with risk.) This stands for “noisy intermediate-scale quantum.” Here “intermediate-scale” refers to the size of quantum computers that are now becoming available: potentially large enough to perform certain highly specialized tasks beyond the reach of today’s supercomputers.