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Rita Gatt
Rita Gatt
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Published Aug 28, 2023
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When presenting on Quantum Computing, one of the most common questions I get asked is whether Quantum Computing is the same as AI. The short answer is they are definitely not the same thing but they can work together.
With AI being a not so new (but new to the masses) hot topic, it’s understandable that many are just getting their heads around what AI could mean for them, their organisation and society more broadly. And whilst we’re all coming to terms with AI, Quantum Computing is becoming a more widely publicised topic that is even more complicated and confusing than AI to understand. So, we have two new(ish) complex topics that are accidentally thought to be the same thing or a subset of one another when in fact they are quite different all together.
The simplest way to explain the difference between the two is that AI is a method, process, or software whereas a Quantum Computer is what you might run that process on, i.e., the hardware. Think of AI like an app on your phone and a Quantum Computer being the phone itself.
What do they have in common and how will they come together as Quantum Computing and AI both progress over time?
At present, AI is often processed on what we now refer to as “classical” computers, the fastest having only an absolute speck in the spectrum of the power of a Quantum Computer. It is estimated that Quantum Computers will be over 58 million times faster at processing information than the fastest classical currently available (currently supercomputers). Based on Quantum Mechanics, they will also process things quite differently meaning that the way we write code and algorithms for AI will need to change to suit this new way of processing information.
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AI is definitely going to make up part of what Quantum Computers are used for and in preparation for a fully functioning Quantum Computer, some are already using new methods of implementing AI on hybrid Quantum Computers to generate results.
What’s really important is that AI will be significantly improved by Quantum Computing. There are many problems that still cannot be solved by AI given traditional computers cannot handle the complexity of them but a Quantum Computer will be able to solve them and will also make the processing of them more efficient.
In addition to solving new problems using Quantum Computers may be able to assist with one of the downfalls of AI being the Bias inherent in its performance due to things such as limited and erred data used to generate outcomes. A Quantum Computer has the ability to correct errors or reduce them due to the massive increase in processing capabilities and ability to ingest significantly more inputs to inform outputs. This could lead to AI use being safer and more effective.
So, there you have it, a very high level but hopefully simple few ways to think about the difference in these two game changing technologies and how they may be used together.
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Michael Runkle
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thanks for an elegant clarification!
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Rita Gatt Thanks for Sharing! ⚡
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Muhammad Inam ul Haq
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Nice article, very well explained Rita!
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