.@preskill when you coined name you had no bad intentions. I am aware of that. But I hope you help us create better inclusive communities. I don't know about issues in quantum community, but from my experience with #neurips name change can bring a sea of positive change
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When original title made multiple uncomfortable, I changed it. Unlike Aaronson and
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(neo) Nazi is a vile word and its mention always evokes repugnance. To use it in such diluted terms is a travesty. Also, can we guarantee it stops at supremacy? How many words/phrases/names get removed just because social scientists have redefined them? Colonial Laundromat in NY?
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What do you have to lose by not using names that make marginalized people more marginalized?
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Great article!
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Thank you
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You're fantastic, brave and courageous dear Anima! Never, ever change! Please have a continued marvellous holidays!
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NIPS -> NeurIPS makes sense (although I don't follow that area closely) but q supremacy is different because no specific group is being targeted by it. I think it's like other math words like dominates, hierarchy, inequality, that have unpleasant meanings in society but not math.
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Please look at my Google search news results before coming to that conclusion. Most standard use of the term is white supremacy
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Holy shit am I glad someone has brought up how bad the term “quantum supremacy“ is (and then some; I can‘t believe how bad this is except of course I can)





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