“Machine learning is progressing faster than you think.”

Geordie Rose said that to me in 2013.

Back then, it sounded like the kind of thing a quantum computing CEO says to drum up attention. Today it reads like a weather report.

Thirteen years ago, the D-Wave founder and CTO sat down with me for over two hours and laid out a thesis most observers found extreme: machine learning would become broadly available far faster than anyone hoped, and quantum computers would help us build AI by 2029.

The 2029 date sounded like science fiction.

It does not sound like science fiction anymore.

What struck me listening back was not only what Geordie got right. It was the posture he urged. Think long term. Ignore the noise of the day. Build at the edge of what is possible, especially when serious scientists insist it cannot be done.

The serious scientists were wrong about Babbage. They were wrong about powered flight. They were wrong about Geordie too.

We are now three years out from his 2029 deadline. The ML curve has bent steeper than even he suggested. Quantum hardware keeps advancing. The conversation he was trying to start in 2013, almost alone, is now the only conversation that matters.

Worth a re-listen.

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D-wave CTO Geordie Rose talks about quantum computing, AI and the technological singularity. Check out the full interview at SingularityWeblog.com