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by sqrt17 2757 days ago
... it also makes perfect sense as a ruse if you figure all those buzzword-chasing QuantumComputinAIDeepLearningBlockchainOfThings will be flocking around something that is not just useful but also buzzword compatible.

IBM has spent a bit of money drumming up all things Quantum (while being at most moderately more successful at actual useful QC implementation), it would be ironic if some of the buzz (in people who think Quantum is the "next big thing" without knowing how actual current QC would benefit them) now transfers to something useful and real but not-QC