macrocephalopod on Twitter: "Funds that use this kind of picture on their website would be falling over themselves to talk about their quantum computer that they are using to factor 2-digit numbers.… https://t.co/uwWCvQ1tQr"

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Implicit assumption here is that a quantum computer would be at all useful for a quant hedge fund as opposed to, like, something they put in their marketing materials to attract investors who are impressed by that kind of thing.https://twitter.com/izakaminska/status/1364001996316045312 …

Izabella Kaminska @izakaminska

Things I sometimes wonder: how would we know if quant hedge funds had got their hands on quantum computer tech? Would they tell us? What would the impact on the market/performance be? Would they consciously underperform their potential not to draw attention to themselves?

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