Gil Kalai (Hebrew University / Reichman University): Why noise may doom quantum computers
THE SO WHAT
Kalai’s correlated-noise critique is a reminder that scalable quantum computing is still a contested bet, not a guaranteed timeline. If your roadmap assumes near-term quantum advantage, separate marketing from risk planning and keep most of your security and compute strategy grounded in classical assumptions.
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