With respect to biological simulations, researchers at IBM were able to implement artificial life algorithms on a quantum computer [0] Genetic algorithms are s

With respect to biological simulations, researchers at IBM were able to implement artificial life algorithms on a quantum computer [0] Genetic algorithms are similar in some regards to simulated annealing. Apparently, D-Wave's approach is kind of like quantum simulated annealing. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/explaining-the-upside-and-downside-of-d-waves-new-quantum-computer/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/explaining-the-upsid...