Well I don't want to answer for him but you could make the same point with the airplane:
The first flight was 2 people in a plane that lasted very short. I could have ridden my horse more quickly over that distance! How is this a meaningful milestone?!
Well.. it demonstrates something that cannot be done on a horse (classical computer) but that can be done with a plane (quantum computer).
Is the application useful today? Probably not. But that shouldn't discourage anyone.
The first flight was 2 people in a plane that lasted very short. I could have ridden my horse more quickly over that distance! How is this a meaningful milestone?!
Well.. it demonstrates something that cannot be done on a horse (classical computer) but that can be done with a plane (quantum computer).
Is the application useful today? Probably not. But that shouldn't discourage anyone.