[Cryptography] Looks like Poe's Law will need an update

[Syber Shock]

On Sat, 4 May 2024 12:22:47 +0000
Peter Gutmann <pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> Without using a search engine, is the headline "Google launches $5m prize to
> find actual uses for quantum computers" (a) clever satire from The Onion or
> (b) real news from New Scientist?

(c) a blinkenlights and spitzensparken magic show ;
(d) RNA folding @home medicine show ;
(e) A.I. robotic anime doll palm reader ;
(f) sentient magic 8bit-ball ;
(g) holy shroud of Turing ;
(h) self-driving autonomous snow mobile ;

(i) a clever ruse to get a zillion dollars worth of free research
    from a huge pool of entrants; hoping someone will submit novel
    maths that enable the creation of a non-fantasy quantum chip
    on the algorithmic layer rather than the physical layer ;

(j) all of the above.

Choose one. Any answer is equally valid.

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