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Letter: Is quantum supremacy really here, right now?

Published 15 October 2025

From Peter Sutton, Guildford, Surrey, UK

I read your story “Quantum supremacy is here at last”. Yes, I agree that the advances reported on build on ideas that have been explored for decades. But is quantum supremacy here yet? I think not. It is still beginning(27 September, p 11).

Issue no. 3565 published 18 October 2025

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