Artificial Stupidity
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I’m not going to get into an academic brouhaha, but let me
say that when someone writes that quantum computing is a science fictional
idea, I’m incensed by the stupidity of that thinking.
I can recommend two books, off the top of my head (shelf,
actually) – Quantum Enigma by Professor of Physics, Bruce Rosenblum and
Fred Kuttner, Lecturer in Physics, both at the University of California [Oxford
University Press, 2011] and Thinking Machines: The Quest
for Artificial Intelligence and Where It’s Taking Us Next by Technology
Journalist Luke Dormehl [TarcherPerigree, Penguin Random House, 2017]
Pages 122/123 for Quantum Enigma and Page 165 of Thinking
Machines which has this:
“Aristotle dreamed of a machine that could be creative. In Politics,
written around 350 BC, he described his wish for an instrument which could play
itself, because this would mean the end of slavery, since slaves were needed to
carry out the task of providing music.”
The dream of AI has been around a long time and quantum
computing is upon us; from Quantum Enigma:
“ Encouragingly … quantum states [that] can tolerate [the
usual problem with quantum entanglements .. .have recently been developed. IBM, taking quantum computing seriously, has recently assembled a
large research group to begin a five-year project.”
To deny the inevitability of quantum computers and computing
is Artificial Stupidity.
RR
posted by RRRGroup at
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
5 Comments:
@Rich I think the notion that 'quantum computers' are going to be readily available, mass consumer objects anytime soon is the only 'science-fiction' element to them. :)
By
DrDee, at Wednesday, September 04, 2019
But wasn't that what they said about IBM mainframes, way back when, Dee?
RR
By
RRRGroup, at Wednesday, September 04, 2019
Rich, I did a little cursory "research" and found that the quantum computers that do exist are small...supposedly 11 of them exist in one form or another. The issue is "scale" which I'm assuming to mean large scale systems. This has been a tougher issue to tackle...so I read.
I'm not an expert so others with more knowledge maybe able to chime in with relevant info.
By
Tim Hebert, at Wednesday, September 04, 2019
"quantum computing is a science fictional idea" is an astonishing claim to make, quite frankly. And a deliberate act to promote an emotional response (aka Trolling).
By
Dvelys, at Wednesday, September 04, 2019
Wow, Dvelys, I've never been accused of trolling...
I shared an article with RR today concerning very real and persistent challenges to constructing a quantum computer. So, for the time being, they remain only an idea, that may, in fact, never be realized.
I'll grant my phrasing was provocative, but only in response to your own unquestioning, uncritical, and undefended faith in how the future will (technologically) unfold.
For what it's worth, here's the link to the article. Admittedly, there is no knock-down argument in this regard.
https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2016/11/the-trouble-with-quantum-computing/
By
Bryan Sentes, at Wednesday, September 04, 2019
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