NASA, Google unveil a quantum computing leap

I'm hopeful, but:

> The Google research paper hasn't been peer reviewed, so scientists have yet weigh in on the latest results.

So I'll maintain skepticism for a little while.

Another note:

> it comes with some caveats -- not the least of which is that the computer was engineered for the specific optimization task it was tested with.

I'm fine with this. While a general purpose quantum computer would be preferable, there is a high enough volume of optimization problems to make special purpose machines incredibly valuable.