Android's Andy Rubin: Future of Tech Is Quantum Computing and AI Sci-Tech Today

Quantum computing refers to exponential increases in processing power made possible in part by exploiting the probabilistic nature of physics, Rubin said yesterday at Bloomberg's Tech Conference in San Francisco. "If you have computing that is as powerful as this could be, you might only need one [machine]," he said. "It might not be something you carry around; it just has to be conscious." Rubin (pictured above) has a stake in bringing his theoretical ideas to life. His investment fund, Playground Global, is helping to fund companies trying to turn his quantum predictions into reality.