you are missing nothing. They have it wrong. The reality is that a qubit can exist in an infinite number of possible states at one time. However, we don’t have the technology to handle that. Instead, a vibrating atom/ion has to cooled down so low that the vibrating is reduced so much that we have a shot at generating a “two bit” state. That is all we can handle right now. When we figure out how to handle higher numbers of qubit states, these capabilities are going to be God-like.
“When we figure out how to handle higher numbers of qubit states, these capabilities are going to be God-like.”
So let’s say we figured that out, what exactly will we be able to do that we can’t do now and HOW?
In other words, lets say that they have figured out how to handle a qubit with 100 states, what can they do with that? And wouldn’t that be equivalent to having a component with 100 conventional bits?