Well, society would collapse without computers so I think the description is apt.
At best you could argue that they're the same phenomenon, but then you might equally well argue electrification is just the consequence of steam engines.
Hard to tell honestly. I just chose to fill in the blanks in a way that made for the strongest argument.
I mean a Nobel prize category for advances in computing makes a lot of sense and I can easily name a whole list of people who could qualify. We'll need to be quick if we don't want to award some of them posthumously though.
At best you could argue that they're the same phenomenon, but then you might equally well argue electrification is just the consequence of steam engines.