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Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Aug 14Allstate CEO Urges Businesses to Embrace Quantum Computing for Next 1 Big Tech Shift
1 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Aug 14Summary
- Tom Wilson said businesses should start embracing quantum computing even as many CEOs are still struggling to extract meaningful value from AI.
- Quantum, the Allstate CEO said, will solve problems that traditional computing takes too long to handle and that AI cannot really do.
- Wilson said he cannot yet predict when quantum computing will fully deliver on its promises or how large the edge for early adopters will be.
- He said he is certain that edge will exist, framing quantum as the next potentially disruptive business technology beyond today’s AI push.
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