Google Quantum AI

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Post by segasaturn » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 4:02 AM UTC

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by anonylizard » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:16 AM UTC

How is this related to AI in any way? Is it just branded as AI to get some share of that sweet AI money (Probably Google only allows funding new projects if they are AI related at this point)

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by kromem » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:25 AM UTC

anonylizard wrote: post #2

How is this related to AI in any way? Is it just branded as AI to get some share of that sweet AI money (Probably Google only allows funding new projects if they are AI related at this point)

I thought you were being hyperbolic and that this was maybe related to quantum neural networks or ML in at least some way, but no - you seem to be totally correct that this is about as 'AI' as snake oil health products are 'quantum.'

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by seydor » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:29 AM UTC

Since they are doing buzzwords salad, they could go for Google Quantum Blockchain AI VR

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by codegladiator » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:37 AM UTC

> Error correction is the fundamental requirement for creating a truly useful quantum computer. It enables the scale required to perform complex calculations.

A hover tip on "quantum computing". Scale, useful, complex, fundamental, quantum

what did i miss ?

oh , computer !

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by throwup238 » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:40 AM UTC

I just looked at the Killed By Google gallery and it's got 295 rows of 3 dead projects per row (except for the first and last rows of 2). That's 883 kills. That is truly impressive!

I look forward to welcoming "Quantum AI" to that graveyard.

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by nextworddev » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:42 AM UTC

seydor wrote: post #4

Since they are doing buzzwords salad, they could go for Google Quantum Blockchain AI VR

Think this was launched to support some L8 promo

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by ladzoppelin » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:49 AM UTC

This is an intimidating contest, are there many groups working on these problems besides the people on their website? I wonder if they put "AI" in the branding to grab the attention of people in quantum about to pivot to LLM's..

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by vletal » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:54 AM UTC

seydor wrote: post #4

Since they are doing buzzwords salad, they could go for Google Quantum Blockchain AI VR

There is no AI on the whole front page. Right?

Where is the AI?

Re: Google Quantum AI

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Post by tkgally » Sun, Apr 28, 2024, 5:58 AM UTC

anonylizard wrote: post #2

How is this related to AI in any way? Is it just branded as AI to get some share of that sweet AI money (Probably Google only allows funding new projects if they are AI related at this point)

I had the same question. The site suggests it is a serious research organization focused on quantum computing—but with no obvious connection to artificial intelligence that I could find.

Archived versions of the website [1] mention work on machine learning more prominently, as do some of the linked research publications from a few years back [2].

Perhaps the unit was given the name AI initially but its focus later shifted to quantum computing?

Later: A Google blog post from 2021 explains the connection of quantum to AI better than the current website does [3].

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20201210053216/https://quantumai...

[2] https://scholar.google.com//citations?view_op=view_citation&...

[3] https://blog.google/technology/ai/unveiling-our-new-quantum-...