It's a little sad to see the amount of cynicism and negativity here around quantum computing.

It's so early. To compare this to traditional computers, we are basically in the stage of a mainframe taking up an entire room. Where they are a novelty, not something every business has yet.

I'm sure there was a lot of skepticism from so-called "smart people" back then too.

Sure, maybe some PR people have over-hyped quantum computing for publicity, but that doesn't say anything about the future if the technology itself.