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quantumfraudtoday at 6:45 AM2 repliesview on HN

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ktalletttoday at 7:12 AM

I would be curious to hear your reasoning behind such a strong view. If you have an email address, happy to hear them privately.

I work in the field to some extent, although more closely on photonic computing, and would agree there is a majority of snake oil in the field. Yet that's the case with any field above a certain size that has recently become the latest buzzword. Just look at AI.

There most certainly are people with valuable contributions in the field, that will eventually change how we are able to analyse the world around us. We are a long way from that but these steps are the start to the end goal in 10's of years from now.

Whether you are considered a "scammer", greatly depends on what side of it. I do feel there are people who are scammers in the field, as well as people who aren't smart enough to realise how unrealistic their plan is, who are then funded by people even less qualified to state how unrealistic the plan is. Basically, a Theranos situation again. Again, this also applies to so many other companies including AI.

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silentmafiatoday at 9:01 AM

ok, a bit harsh aren't we? what fields aren't "scam" anyway?

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