Quantum boxes that feel like an altar to an alien god

Quantum boxes that feel like an altar to an alien god

From the outside, they look like giant black monoliths: metal boxes about 10 feet on a side and 12 feet tall, with a fridge inside that cools the chips to almost absolute zero. The description doesn’t sound like a computer so much as a carefully engineered threshold into something stranger.

Gobble's Take: When a machine inspires altar language and parallel-universe talk in the same breath, it’s hard to tell whether we’re building tools or mythologies. Source: Perplexity Search (community news)

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