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The answer to both "could-questions" is yes.
People who work on the theory of neural nets have created a lot of mathematical theorems. It's plausible that some of those theorems are helpful when you want to solve P versus NP.
Econophysics is a fairly established field. I think everyone involved understands that money is something different than atoms who interact with other atoms. That doesn't invalidate the field of Econophysics.
You can make a pretty decent living as scientifist by using insight generated in field A to solve the problems of field B.
Research into quantum algorithms is likely to produce knowledge that's useful for people who work in other fields such as biomechanical systems.