Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang believes that practical quantum computers are still 15 to 30 years away, despite recent advancements in the field. Huang's prediction comes amidst a decline in quantum computing company stocks, with some losing over 40% of their value. Huang emphasizes that while quantum computing excels at specific niche calculations with small data sets, it's not a silver bullet solution for all problems.
Remember when a computer meant something that used traditional, familiar algorithms? Ah, simple times. Now we not only have machine learning—aka, supposed"artificial intelligence"—but also quantum computing, which uses microwaves to get qubits to do wacky and seemingly impossible things. Regarding the latter kinds of computers, though, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang reckons we're quite far from seeing actually useful ones.
Huang's not wrong, though. Practically useful quantum computers—at least"useful" in the way people usually mean—really are a long way off. To think that's a mark against them, however, is to misunderstand what quantum computing is and what its purpose is. One such kind of problem is encryption/decryption, which makes quantum computing something governments and defence industries are very interested in. It's arguably more of an"arms race" contender than AI is, given the sheer potential compute power for these niche applications compared to traditional computing.
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