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How is this related to AI in any way? Is it just branded as AI to get some share of that sweet AI money (Probably Google only allows funding new projects if the

How is this related to AI in any way? Is it just branded as AI to get some share of that sweet AI money (Probably Google only allows funding new projects if they are AI related at this point)

kromem 2y ago
I thought you were being hyperbolic and that this was maybe related to quantum neural networks or ML in at least some way, but no - you seem to be totally correct that this is about as 'AI' as snake oil health products are 'quantum.'
tkgally 2y ago
I had the same question. The site suggests it is a serious research organization focused on quantum computing—but with no obvious connection to artificial intelligence that I could find. Archived versions of the website [1] mention work on machine learning more prominently, as do some of the linked research publications from a few years back [2]. Perhaps the unit was given the name AI initially but its focus later shifted to quantum computing? Later: A Google blog post from 2021 explains the connection of quantum to AI better than the current website does [3]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20201210053216/https://quantumai.google/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201210053216/https://quantumai... [2] https://scholar.google.com//citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=7M3eap4AAAAJ&pagesize=100&citation_for_view=7M3eap4AAAAJ:eJXPG6dFmWUC https://scholar.google.com//citations?view_op=view_citation&... [3] https://blog.google/technology/ai/unveiling-our-new-quantum-ai-campus/?t https://blog.google/technology/ai/unveiling-our-new-quantum-...
takeda 2y ago
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opdahl 2y ago
I asked this exact question to one of the leaders of QuantumAI, and he explained it’s a leftover name from when this started out with an idea by some researcher at Google that is no longer part of the project.
vtomole 2y ago
This lab does a lot of research in AI. Here are a few examples: 1. Barren plateaus in quantum neural network training landscapes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07090-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07090-4 2. Power of data in quantum machine learning: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22539-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22539-9 3. Quantum advantage in learning from experiments: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7293 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7293

How is this related to AI in any way? Is it just branded as AI to get some share of that sweet AI money (Probably Google only allows funding new projects if they are AI related at this point)

kromem 2y ago

I thought you were being hyperbolic and that this was maybe related to quantum neural networks or ML in at least some way, but no - you seem to be totally correct that this is about as 'AI' as snake oil health products are 'quantum.'

tkgally 2y ago

I had the same question. The site suggests it is a serious research organization focused on quantum computing—but with no obvious connection to artificial intelligence that I could find. Archived versions of the website [1] mention work on machine learning more prominently, as do some of the linked research publications from a few years back [2]. Perhaps the unit was given the name AI initially but its focus later shifted to quantum computing? Later: A Google blog post from 2021 explains the connection of quantum to AI better than the current website does [3]. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20201210053216/https://quantumai.google/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201210053216/https://quantumai... [2] https://scholar.google.com//citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=7M3eap4AAAAJ&pagesize=100&citation_for_view=7M3eap4AAAAJ:eJXPG6dFmWUC https://scholar.google.com//citations?view_op=view_citation&... [3] https://blog.google/technology/ai/unveiling-our-new-quantum-ai-campus/?t https://blog.google/technology/ai/unveiling-our-new-quantum-...

takeda 2y ago

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opdahl 2y ago

I asked this exact question to one of the leaders of QuantumAI, and he explained it’s a leftover name from when this started out with an idea by some researcher at Google that is no longer part of the project.

vtomole 2y ago

This lab does a lot of research in AI. Here are a few examples: 1. Barren plateaus in quantum neural network training landscapes: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07090-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-07090-4 2. Power of data in quantum machine learning: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22539-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-22539-9 3. Quantum advantage in learning from experiments: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7293 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn7293