How AI and Quantum Computing May Alter Humanity’s Future

König and the AI research team showed that quantum outperforms classical computing and that quantum effects can “enhance information-processing capabilities and speed up the solution of certain computational problems.” In their research, the team demonstrated that parallel quantum algorithms running in a constant time outperform classical computers. The scientists showed that quantum computers only required a fixed number of steps for problem solving and was better at “solving certain linear algebra problems associated with binary quadratic forms.”

Forward-thinking organizations recognize the synergistic boost that the combination of quantum computing and artificial intelligence may herald. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella stated in a WSJ Magazine interview, “What’s the next breakthrough that will allow us to keep up this exponential growth in computing power and to solve problems—whether it’s about climate or food production or drug discovery? I think that’s where quantum plays a role." Per Nadella, artificial intelligence and quantum computing are "going to shape a lot of the technology going forward.”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/au/blog/the-future-brain/201901/how-ai-and-quantum-computing-may-alter-humanity-s-future

What Is Quantum Computing?

D-Wave is the most well-funded private quantum computing company with $210M raised to date, followed by Rigetti Computing ($119M), Silicon Quantum Computing ($66M), and Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) ($50M).

Notably, deals to these four companies accounted for ~70% of the industry’s total funding since 2013. Additionally, deals to private quantum computing companies overall reached an all-time high in 2018.

https://www.cbinsights.com/research/report/quantum-computing

Room-Temperature Superconductivity

Two independent studies report superconductivity at record high temperatures in hydrogen-rich materials under extreme pressure.

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v12/1



Evidence for Superconductivity above 260 K in Lanthanum Superhydride at Megabar Pressures

Maddury Somayazulu, Muhtar Ahart, Ajay K. Mishra, Zachary M. Geballe, Maria Baldini, Yue Meng, Viktor V. Struzhkin, and Russell J. Hemley
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 027001 (2019)
Published January 14, 2019



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Quantum computer: We're planning to create one that acts like a brain

... quantum neural networks can be more powerful than classical AI software in a real world application, it would very quickly become some of the most important technology out there.

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2019-01-quantum-brain.html


The Neuromorphic Quantum Computing (Quromorphic) Project aims to build a computer processor that transfers data in the same way neurons work in the human brain.

... Quantum computers are vastly different to a typical desktop PC.  Their development is very much in the early stages however computing giants including Google, IBM and others are currently investing in the cutting-edge technology. Central to its potential power is its processing unit, made of so called a ‘quantum bits’ or ‘qubits’. If, for example, a 100 qubit quantum computer is increased to 101 qubits, its computing power is expected to double, and for the next qubit added it will double once more.

This dramatic escalation in power has tremendous potential, which the Quoromorphic Project hopes to exploit in order to develop a human brain inspired quantum artificial intelligence.

... the European Commission announced more than half-a-million pounds of funding towards the project.

https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/news/2018/heriot-watt-leads-on-next-gen-computers.htm

Quantum Computers: A Threat to Blockchain?

How Can a Quantum Computer Pose a Threat?

There are two main concepts behind the quantum computer: superposition and quantum entanglement.

The superposition allows a quantum bit (qbit) to be in several states at the same time, and with the help of quantum entanglement, the observer can find out the parameters of a particle in any position in the universe. The connection is preserved, even if they are moved into different parts of the Universe.

In essence, a quantum computer can process and analyze infinite bits of information at the same time — and so quickly and differently than the human mind cannot grasp it.

https://hacked.com/quantum-computers-a-threat-to-blockchain/