The development of useful quantum computers has been a slow and slightly niche calling over the last three decades, latterly outshone by the billions of dollars of value created by real world applications for machine learning and AI, which continue to grow at an exponential rate, and extend into all sectors of the economy. However, recent progress in the field gives us confidence that we are entering the quantum age, and this fundamental technology has the potential to accelerate civilisation-shaping change in the coming years.
