Quantum computing is unlikely to have significant impact on AI within the next two decades; the only medium-term application is simulation of quantum systems, and scaling, error correction, and efficiency remain highly uncertain.

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Yann LeCun

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extremely skeptical about quantum computing... only application... simulation of quantum systems... essentially useless for anything else... not clear it's going to scale... no significant impact... within the next two decades.

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Yann LeCun: Special Lecture on AI and World ModelsAl-Khwarizmi Applied Mathematics Webinar
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:03:11 PM

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