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So go back to the 1950s and the point stands. What does it matter when the actual start date is in terms of the point being right or wrong?
by gedpeck 2y ago
So go back to the 1950s and the point stands. What does it matter when the actual start date is in terms of the point being right or wrong?
- jayd16 2y agoWell I'll be dead by that timeline so it matters a little.
- sampo 2y ago> So go back to the 1950s and the point stands. Yes. "Quantum computers will revolutionize computing by year 2100" is a claim I can take seriously. "Quantum computers will revolutionize computing real soon now" is a claim I am not taking seriously. And yes, the 1950s AI researchers also boasted that it would take only months, what ended up taking many decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_workshop
- llm_trw 2y agoSo quantum computers will be relavent in some time around 2075. How much money should we putting into something with a time horizon longer than the working careers of everyone here?