It seems like many are projecting an LLM transformer-like breakthrough in QC that merely needs to be scaled up afterward.

Is there reason to believe QC's revolution be structured this way? Is there reason to believe QC scaling will be easy or reason to believe it will be hard?

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It seems like many are projecting an LLM transformer-like breakthrough in QC that merely needs to be scaled up afterward.

Is there reason to believe QC's revolution be structured this way? Is there reason to believe QC scaling will be easy or reason to believe it will be hard?