Forever is a long time, but I agree people that assert reality is the model are almost always incorrect eventually.

There is some interesting work being done, but it will never match the excessive hype. =3

"The Genius of Computing with Light"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbxcd9gaims

Not sure what is going on in QC world; With this ACM prize it has become even more murky.

As Sabine Hossenfelder (Theoretical Physicist) points out, companies to do with QC are seeing a surge in investments and marketing. It is as if somebody knows something that the "common public" doesn't - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTS7JZTyZY

I don't know enough about the science/technology to form an opinion but have recently started down the path of trying to understand it - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46599807