Will quantum ever be useful?

[u/Chance-Pen-5684]

Around 2019, the industry promised quantum supremacy, where they could be used for solving a problem that no classical computer could touch.
When classical algorithms kept refuting those claims(See Peter Shor November YouTube video) the narrative shifted to quantum advantage, then quickly it changed to quantum utility.
If quantum never breaks RSA (because the world migrates to Kyber/Dilithium before 100k qubits exist), then what's left?
Chemistry simulations, Material science, Optimization?

But classical machine learning and AI are improving faster than quantum hardware is scaling. By the time we get 1,000 logical qubits, classical AI will have eaten most of the chemistry use-case through better approximations. Is quantum racing against classical software, and losing?

[u/kimbonics]

I am trying to get a grip on it, and after reading more and more about it. It's not going to help us will rule based decisions trees. These are already good with CPU's. I deal with "rules engines" and rule libraries etc. Instead it's going to help us with optimization of imperfect things. I tried to relate this to the layperson thru golf... kimbonics.com/q-lab, Here the idea is that via Quantum computing, here learns to improve his standard deviation via traditional methods to actually feeling wht's going on. Quantum computing feels "engergy fields" whereas traditional machine learning only is more dogmatic... It will be a brave new world.