Matt, "Quantum Associative Memory" is an active research area... So are reversible NNs, e.g. https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05862
I think your current view that "learning means writing bits into memory." is overly limited... On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 11:14 AM Matt Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2021, 1:51 AM Nanograte Knowledge Technologies > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Quantum is the new everything. Does Moore's law - and many other conventions >> for that matter - apply to quantum computing? > > > Quantum computing, if it ever happens, is useless for AGI. Neural network > algorithms are not time reversible. > > Quantum computing is useful for breaking most crypto. You could use Shor's > algorithm to reveal private keys, or Grover's algorithm to accelerate Bitcoin > mining and fork the blockchain. It might also be useful for modeling > chemistry or nuclear physics, as it exponentially speeds up solving > Schrodinger's equation. > > But learning means writing bits into memory. A quantum computer can't do that. > > Artificial General Intelligence List / AGI / see discussions + participants + > delivery options Permalink -- Ben Goertzel, PhD http://goertzel.org “He not busy being born is busy dying" -- Bob Dylan ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Tf6dddebe1e89183a-M5b488662d07c00a84d6df320 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
