Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required(quantamagazine.org)

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Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required

https://www.quantamagazine.org/key-chemistry-question-answered-no-quantum-computer-required-20260529/

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Reminds me of the bitter lesson but for CPUs. We haven't thrown enough "parallel processing" at the problem--but we sort of do have it, in the form of GPUs.

Instead of trying to simulate everything, a little analysis eliminated impossible states.