[partykid92]

cmon now. This is a good attempt at pandering to the hackernews audience by being skeptical and cynical, but Quantum Supremacy is a big deal. From the same article:

If I have any policy advice, it’s this: recognize that a clear demonstration of quantum supremacy is at least as big a deal as (say) the discovery of the Higgs boson. After this scientific milestone is achieved, I predict that the whole discussion of commercial applications of quantum computing will shift to a new plane, much like the Manhattan Project shifted to a new plane after Fermi built his pile under the Chicago stadium in 1942.

[sgt101]

I didn't want to be skeptical, much less cynical. I agree with the second bit of the article too but the operative word for me is if!

If a * clear* demonstration happens things will change, alot.

But this has not yet happened, it may never happen, that's science! Personally I bet into 5 or more years but would be delighted to be wrong.