Is quantum computing the new AI in terms of overhype and under deliver? Honestly curious, not trolling.
I used to push back against the ridiculous overselling but I instead decided to join the club. If you tackle impossible problems and fail, people understand unlike when you tackle incredibly difficult problems people think are simple and you fail. In addition, you sound like a visionary and have a great story: people eat this up. Rarely ever is anyone concerned with practicality until it comes to actually paying for vision. Suddenly when people start paying for the vision, they find themselves wondering why they didn't ask all the practicality questions. You handwave the infeasibility away as pioneering discovery, then rinse and repeat until someone becomes grounded in the reality of what's possible with technology.
After that you move on to the next person with visions of granduer. Either the pool of naive clients will eventually grow intelligent of the charade in the tech industry and suddenly become interested in pursuing difficult yet realistic goals or wel'll just continue this dance where the investors and clients shared memory never reaches this stage and continue to pedal over-fanciful promises.
People don't like to hear about the problems of reality, they only want to hear about the potential promise of technology and/or how rich it might make them. Quantum computing is an interesting field and by no means am I saying it isn't a worthwhile grounded pursuit, I'm merely stating that the ridiculous oversell is the norm in all tech and yes, quantum computing is running neck and neck in the hype cycle with AI. Don't fight the hype cycles, identify and ride them otherwise you might drown from the wave of industry momentum.