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How Identity Politics can go off the rails, although I am unable to read the whole article because it's behind a paywall. The term ‘quantum supremacy’ to refer to the moment where quantum computers outperform classical machines, is a racist and colonialist term, scientists have argued, sparking a heated row in academia. In the latest edition of the journal Nature, a group of 16 scientists, including academics from Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol Universities, said the term ‘supremacy’ risked increasing divisions of race, class and gender. The Telegraph Sarah Knapton - Academics derided for claiming 'quantum supremacy' is a racist and colonialist term
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How Identity Politics can go off the rails, although I am unable to read the whole article because it's behind a paywall. The term ‘quantum supremacy’ to refer to the moment where quantum computers outperform classical machines, is a racist and colonialist term, scientists have argued, sparking a heated row in academia. In the latest edition of the journal Nature, a group of 16 scientists, including academics from Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol Universities, said the term ‘supremacy’ risked increasing divisions of race, class and gender. The Telegraph Sarah Knapton - Academics derided for claiming 'quantum supremacy' is a racist and colonialist term
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The term ‘quantum supremacy’ to refer to the moment where quantum computers outperform classical machines, is a racist and colonialist term, scientists have argued, sparking a heated row in academia.
In the latest edition of the journal Nature, a group of 16 scientists, including academics from Cambridge, Oxford and Bristol Universities, said the term ‘supremacy’ risked increasing divisions of race, class and gender.
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