Just How Big - Or Small - Is The Quantum Computing Racket?
The Next Platform, Wednesday, September 6,2023
There is no question in our minds here at The Next Platform that quantum computing, in some fashion, will be part of the workflow for solving some of the peskiest computational problems the world can think of.
What we have had our doubts about is if anyone can ever make any money from quantum computing. It is not going to be a volume product, and it is not going to be inexpensive, either. The cost will probably be a fraction of the value of the benefits derived from quantum computing, of course, just like in the HPC simulation and modeling business, but the HPC business has not been particularly profitable over the past six decades, either.
Now, AI training and inference at scale - that is another story entirely. And we aren't writing that one today - and on purpose because, frankly, as have AI poisoning. Maybe we all have AI poisoning at this point. Let's take a breather together. . . .