In 40 years

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I edited my last post, but it's because it is the main concern. To protect data because a quantum computers could virtually decrypt any encryption algorithm.

I just got done with my bachelor degree in computer science. I honnestly learned the least amount of things because of my laziness but I always liked quantum mechanics and their implications although it was always more oriented toward the nature of reality.

I would suggest you do more research about quantum computers. The implications are no less than infinite. It's a truly fascinating field. Theorists say that a truly universal quantum computer should be developed by about 2020. Give or take a year or two. A quantum algorithm is not your standard algorithm. It goes way beyond.

I didn't say they couldn't do anything, just that the algorithms need to be developped to be able to process what needs to be processed. Encryption/decryption is the most likely thing to be first focused on. Once they move to beyond, the possibilities are infinite.

I've just always got the impression humans tend to be stagnant and not work on what is best to be worked on.

That actually is the main problem with quantum computers. They need to develop the right type of algorithms. But there is some time before a quantum computer is developed. There was a lot more time when I first got into them, but there is now about half a decade.