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Re:Intel Delivers 17-Qubit Superconducting Chip by naasking on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:30PM (#15501654)
Measurement requires interaction with the system, and interaction with the system breaks entanglement.
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Re:Intel Delivers 17-Qubit Superconducting Chip by smaddox on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @02:45PM (#15501784)
Or, more precisely, alters entanglement in an unkown way. Since the alteration is unkown, it interferes with execution and interpretation of the quantum algorithm.
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