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    The general computer didn't exist in 1927. Once it did, yes it was predicted and expected they would get smaller, more powerful, efficient, and common. There was no limitation of physics getting in the way of it.

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    The artificial computer wasn't so much a scientific breakthrough as a conceptual one. It didn't require anything that didn't already exist.

    The quantum computer does exist. And it's functional principles are built on physics not engineering. It's a fundamentally different situation.

    If I'd be able to ever collect, I'd bet you $10K in an investment account, that in 10 human generations quantum computers still won't be portable personal devices.

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