Quantum computing feels like nucleair fusion. Been hearing about how its going to change the world since I was kid.
Those were/are goalposts. We've never actually /seen/ the goal though, and the posts are a collective hallucination. It IS a pretty nice hallucination though.
Since we as a species don't quite understand quantum interactions, it could be quite some time before we can build ordered and predictable systems out of those interactions.
It could take days/weeks/months/years/decades/millennium... who knows? The fun is in watching and playing.
Neither of those sounded as sexy (i.e hyped) to me a nuclear fusion and quantum computers.
>> Neither of those sounded as sexy (i.e hyped) to me a nuclear fusion and quantum computers.
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Fusion and quantum computing on the other hand. Neither has yet solved one problem or made net progress. They have great promise but the practicalities may ultimately outweigh the benefits. Meanwhile, solar-charged batteries powering high performance electric cars are more common every day.
Some problems are just harder than others. Maybe some of them are not soluble, or some are not economic. We won't know if we don't try, and they hold out great promise.