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45 Post author: ahartell 22 January 2013 09:15AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 January 2013 08:57:21PM 3 points [-]

Nobody believes in D-Wave.

Comment author: shminux 24 January 2013 09:17:51PM 1 point [-]

That seems like an oversimplification. Clearly some people do.

Scott Aaronson:

“I no longer feel like playing an adversarial role. I really, genuinely hope D-Wave succeeds.” That said, he noted that D-Wave still hadn’t provided proof of a critical test of quantum computing.

I am not qualified to judge whether the D-Wave's claim that they use quantum annealing, rather than the standard simulated annealing (as Scott suspects) in their adiabatic quantum computing is justified. However, the lack of independent replication of their claims is disconcerting.

Comment author: Kawoomba 24 January 2013 11:47:01PM 2 points [-]

However, the lack of independent replication of their claims is disconcerting.

Maybe they could get Andrea Rossi to confirm.