bramathon · HackerTrans

2 года назадdiscuss

The explanation of Google's error correction experiment is basic but fine. People should keep in mind that Quantum Machines sells control electronics for quantum computers which is why they focus on the control and timing aspects of the experiment. I think a more general introduction to quantum error correction would be more relevant to the Hackernews audience.

bramathon

2 года назадdiscuss

This is not about AlphaQubit. It's about a different paper, https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.13687 and they do demonstrate real-time decoding.

> we show that we can maintain below-threshold operation on the 72-qubit processor even when decoding in real time, meeting the strict timing requirements imposed by the processor’s fast 1.1 μs cycle duration

bramathon

2 года назадdiscuss

I've used DVC for most of my projects for the past five years. The good things is that it works a lot like git. If your scientists understand branches, commits and diffs, they should be able to understand DVC. The bad thing is that it works like git. Scientists often do not, in fact, understand or use branches, commits and diffs. The best thing is that it essentially forces you to follow Ten Simple Rules for Reproducible Computational Research [1]. Reproducibility has been a huge challenge on teams I've worked on.

[1] https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/jo...

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