Does natural intelligence involve superposition states?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about artificial intelligence and I have a hunch that what separates natural intelligence from the artificial variety is that the former includes what I might term “superpositional thinking” in that it simultaneously can consider multiple possibilities without necessarily being pre-programed to do so. As such, I think (and, again, it’s just a hunch at this point) that realistic AI will require quantum computers since, unlike classical computers, they allow for the existence of superposition states. But it’s just a hunch…
Hi Ian - Though you may have already glanced at it, we’ve been exploring this area in IJTP and the recent NATO ASI workshop. Tuszynski’s work on conduction pathways in microtubules and information processing is also an interesting angle.
coherence * said this on February 22, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Hi Ian - Though you may have already glanced at it, we’ve been exploring this area in IJTP and the recent NATO ASI workshop. Tuszynski’s work on conduction pathways in microtubules and information processing is also an interesting angle.
coherence * said this on February 22, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Wow, that’s awesome! I’ve become particularly interested in AI lately so I’ll have to read those papers. I’ve been working lately on understanding how the various resource trade-offs such as ebits, refbits, etc. all relate and I’m thinking there must be some sort of related resource trade-off involved in AI.
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