Quantum Computer Results Post-Mortem
How A Quantum Pipeline Fooled Me Twice The Quantum Computing Story So Far A sharp mind can still be fooled by a confirming result. Rigor
July 7, 2026
How A Quantum Pipeline Fooled Me Twice The Quantum Computing Story So Far A sharp mind can still be fooled by a confirming result. Rigor
Unitary contamination: the ghost in NISQ. Semi-collapsed qubits poison your signals during readout, sabotaging your perfectly tuned circuits.
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Unitary contamination: rogue qubits messing with your quantum reads. Error correction misses it. Filter for cleaner results.
“Orphan qubits” contaminate NISQ data. Identifying and discarding shots with rogue qubits can eliminate over 90% of “mystery” noise, no gate changes needed.