AI is the wave, quantum computing the sea: the real bet is assurance, not speed
AryHHAry · x · 2026-10-21
A practitioner observes from a conference that AI is today's wave while quantum computing is the ocean, yet most speakers only describe the weather on the surface. The interesting AI+QC pairing isn't 'QC accelerates AI' (premature), he argues, but 'how do we verify systems whose complexity exceeds human comprehension' — a question of assurance rather than speed, and that's where the stakes lie.
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