In 2008, when artificial intelligence (AI) was just emerging, scientists believed that they would not be able to enter everyday life earlier than in 50-60 years. However, already in 2012, a revolution occurred in the field of neural networks, and now AI is actively changing almost all spheres of our life. The development of quantum computers might follow the same scenario.
The breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence in 2012 showed: technologies need real application, and for this, business must invest in development and growth. This is what Olga Uskova, the founder and president of Cognitive Technologies, believes. At the Future Technology Forum, she shared her own forecasts about when quantum computers will enter everyday life.
All serious discoveries that claim revolutionary changes in life go through approximately the same stages. In 2008, scientists in the field of artificial intelligence said exactly the same thing that they say today about quantum computers. Then, within three years, a revolution occurs in the field of neural networks, and scientists offer a fundamentally different approach. So artificial intelligence came into the real plane already in 2012.
As a specialist, constantly interacting with advanced developments and scientific groups, she divides experts in this field into three groups: fanatics, freeloaders, and wait-and-see.
The founder of Cognitive Technologies notes: the development of technologies is always backed by teams of people. This applies to Western technologies (for example, Elon Musk's team), and domestic ones. However, if business was not interested in the development of AI, progress could have gone in a completely different way.
In one year, neural networks dramatically appeared everywhere. Chat GPT, Midjourney and other networks have changed the face of all zones of human existence. For example, inside smartphones, about 30% of processes are serviced by one or another form of artificial intelligence: advertising, financial systems, social networks, basic content management, information collection, and so on.
According to her, without a real order, science is dead. Scientists and science cannot exist only on government grants. On the contrary - for the development of science, it is important to develop the market, and here the synergy with real sectors of the economy is important.
The issue of the future of artificial intelligence and quantum technologies was discussed at the Future Technologies Forum, organized by the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation and the Russian Academy of Sciences.