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by 0xB31B1B 551 days ago
"Also, what is the relationship, if any, between quantum computing and AI? Are these technologies complementary?"

AI is limited in part by the computation available at training and runtime. If your computer is 10^X times faster, then your model is also "better". Thats why we have giant warehouses full of H100 chips pulling down a few megawatts from the grid right now. Quantum computing could theoretically allow your phone to do that.
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spencerflem 551 days ago
A quantum computer is not just a 10^X faster normal computer.

Are there AI algorithms that would benefit from quantum?

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kridsdale1 551 days ago
Makes sense. My brain is able to do that work on milliwatts.
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pdabbadabba 551 days ago
Actually about 20 W — if you ignore the 80 W used by the rest of the body (which seems debatable). And clearly far more than this was required to 'train' the human brain to the level of intelligence we have today.[1] But this still probably doesn't take away from your point. The human brain seems to be many orders of magnitude more efficient than our most advanced AI technology.

Though the more I think about this, the more I wonder how they really would compare if you made a strictly apples-to-apples comparison.

[1] https://psychology.stackexchange.com/questions/12385/how-muc...

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