US's big bet on quantum computing may not be legal

Hacker News commenters questioned whether any quantum computing approach has proven scalable enough for U.S. policy ambitions.

They argued that building manufacturing capacity around unproven quantum methods creates major technical and financial risk.

Some noted that legal and institutional checks may be too weak to hold policymakers accountable for failed quantum bets.

The thread also drifted into broader worries that AI-generated content could erode public trust and spread misinformation.