Re:Publicity Stunt Fallout
by tsimionescu on Thursday December 08, 2022 @04:01AM
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There is nothing fundamentally different between running a classical simulation on a classical computer and running a quantum simulation on a quantum computer - both are just a simulation.
So claiming that this quantum simulation of a SYK model of a wormhole is in some way actually related to a wormhole is exactly like claiming that the circuits of a supercomputer used for simulating rainfall patterns are getting wet.
Not to mention, the model being used is a toy model of a type of space-time that is not at all like our own spacetime - it's not even a simulation of a physical model, it's just a mathematical model that we already know doesn't describe the physical world.
So claiming that this quantum simulation of a SYK model of a wormhole is in some way actually related to a wormhole is exactly like claiming that the circuits of a supercomputer used for simulating rainfall patterns are getting wet.
Not to mention, the model being used is a toy model of a type of space-time that is not at all like our own spacetime - it's not even a simulation of a physical model, it's just a mathematical model that we already know doesn't describe the physical world.