▁for ▁successfully ▁implementing ▁quantum ▁computing ▁and ▁demonstr ating ▁quantum ▁supre m acy . ▁ ▁There ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁algorithm ic ▁break through s ▁in ▁classical ▁computing ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁quantum ▁computing ▁research ▁resulting ▁in ▁compar able ▁performance ▁of ▁classical ▁computers . ▁This ▁implies ▁that ▁at ▁some ▁level ▁quantum ▁supre m acy ▁may ▁be ▁trying ▁to ▁prove ▁a ▁negative ; ▁that ▁an ▁algorithm ▁doesn ' t ▁exist ▁that ▁allows ▁classical ▁computers ▁to ▁perform ▁equally ▁well . ▁ ▁Cont ro vers y ▁ ▁Name ▁choice ▁ ▁Some ▁research ers ▁have ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁term ▁" quant um ▁supre m acy " ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁used , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁" sup rem acy " ▁ev okes ▁dist aste ful ▁compar isons ▁to ▁the ▁rac ist ▁belief ▁of ▁white ▁supre m acy . ▁A ▁controvers ial ▁Nature ▁comment ary ▁signed ▁by ▁th ir teen ▁research ers ▁as ser ts ▁that ▁the ▁alternative ▁phrase ▁" quant um ▁advantage " ▁should ▁be ▁used ▁instead . ▁John ▁Pres kill , ▁the ▁professor ▁of ▁theoretical ▁physics ▁at ▁the ▁California ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁who ▁co ined ▁the ▁term , ▁clar ified : ▁" I ▁proposed ▁the ▁term ▁' quant um ▁supre m acy ' ▁to ▁describe ▁the ▁point ▁where ▁quantum ▁computers ▁can ▁do ▁things ▁that ▁classical ▁computers ▁can ’ t , ▁regardless ▁of ▁whether ▁those ▁tasks ▁are ▁useful . ▁With ▁that ▁new ▁term , ▁I ▁wanted ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁privile ged ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁our ▁planet , ▁when ▁information ▁techn ologies ▁based