Bringing the magic: Google breaks open a bottleneck in quantum computing

K604

I really wish someone eventually understands this so they could explain it to me in the comments

Terr_

> developed what we now call “magic state cultivation.” Somehow I can't help but read that phrase as a translated Wuxia [0] thing. "It was then that the Non-Observing Sage secluded himself in the clan datacenter to focus on magic state cultivation. Half a year later, he emerged having mastered Rosen-Bridge Crossing Under Plum Blossoms." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxia

pelican0

The paper: "Magic state cultivation on a superconducting quantum processor" https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13908 (Dec 2025)

thriving_earthw

I love that the researcher in the video is just hanging out in her living room and holding her cat while recording her portion of the explainer