Quantum and Pseudo-Quantum Computing

Quantum and Pseudo-Quantum Computing.

Well, well, well - I guess I finally caught the drift into deeper waters despite my own shallow sailing!  This is my very first Blog.  It's just an introduction about what I am interested in and things I would like to share.  Here goes:

Quantum computing for Artificial Intelligence (QCAI) sounds so lofty and pretentious that I am almost scared to post on this.  I guess, as far as classical systems go (like this Intel Core-I7 Samsung laptop) I should really call it inspired by quantum or Pseudo-Quantum (PQCAI).

I will explore some of the options for using the concepts from Quantum Computing to enable Pseudo-Quantum algorithms to be written for real world AI jobs: the main idea is that we start with the fundamental concepts of quantum computing and AI:  from these, we delve into what we can achieve with various ways of combining or being inspired by the concepts to write real world software.

I am not that interested in theoretical discussions but I am interested in actual performance of applications.

Here are some thoughts:

1.   Quantum Science has several variants and flavors in terms of theory and interpretation:  Bohm's Pilot Wave, or Copenhagen ... we'll get into this later. What does this have to do with AI from a practical viewpoint?

2.  There is a concept of multiple possibilities that are ready to produce an answer: some folks call this wave function collapse and it also has the moniker of Quantum Decoherence ... we'll get into that later too.  And, what does it mean for the way we design algorithms in PQCAI?

3. Of course, what discussion could go forward with getting all entangled with the concept of Entanglement itself, which is sometimes very, very loosely referred to as a quantum correlation (bad choice of words here!).

4. And then there is that whole business about things coming in discrete packets or Quanta which is at the core of the physics of Quantum phenomena; and,

5. Lastly, the notion that measurements change the system (or put another way, that interaction is the means to computation).  This is a bit off track and more really about my own viewpoint than dogma.

Well, that's plenty for my first cut at attempting to blog: until next time!