Chinese scientists have unveiled the Zuchongzhi-3, a 105-qubit superconducting quantum processor that reportedly operates 10^15 times faster than the world’s most powerful classical supercomputer. This breakthrough, developed by researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), represents a dramatic escalation in the global quantum computing competition, with performance claims that go neck-to-neck with Google’s Willow. As the race heats up, the quantum computing singularity seems closer than ever. However, skeptics argue it is still decades away, even as new and increasingly impressive breakthroughs and advancements occur more frequently.