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Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the most advanced quantum computers today still grappling with basic arithmetic? What makes a quantum computer better at AI

• jlgreco 14y ago
  Some people believe that intelligence, at least of the calibre of human intelligence, must involve some quantum mechanism. This isn't a particularly well-supported idea, few people in academia today believe it to be the case (Roger Penrose being a prominent exception). The thing is, even Penrose isn't proposing anything mystical being done by quantum mechanics. He doesn't like the idea of an algorithmic mind, so he invokes quantum phenomenon to make the mind technically no longer algorithmic. In the real world though, nothing prevents you from doing similar with a desktop computer. You an rig together a (crappy) RNG for your x86 desktop with a serial port and a smoke detector. Penrose isn't trying to suggest that intelligence could not be replicated in man made machines, but rather suggest that the human mind is not restricted as we know purely algorithmic systems to be.
  • btipling 14y ago
    Operating word being "believe", which is basically "guessing". Unless there's data and demonstrable things that work, this is hogwash.
    • jlgreco 14y ago
      Absolutely. There really is not a good reason to think that human level intelligence cannot be done algorithmicly. No reason to think, other than wishful thinking for some people for whatever reasons, that we are in a different computation class than Turing machines.