> 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 co

> 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