Physics Colloquium

Quantum Intelligence

A universe governed by quantum mechanics demands that the ultimate form of intelligence be quantum. Imagine an intelligent being that can sense, remember, and think quantum mechanically. What can it learn? What are its limits? Is it capable of perceiving and discovering facets of our universe that remain invisible to humans and classical machines? Over the years, we have been developing a rigorous mathematical theory to understand this new species of intelligence. This talk will cover our current understanding, from exponential quantum advantages in learning about the quantum world to our upcoming results showing that a small quantum computer, when processing massive classical data, can learn and predict better than exponentially larger classical machines. While building such intelligence requires fault-tolerant quantum computers, which have long seemed a distant prospect, I will conclude with how recent advances have brought the timeline from decades to years.

Join via Zoom:
https://caltech.zoom.us/j/84497014003
Meeting ID: 844 9701 4003

The colloquium is held in Feynman Lecture Hall, 201 E. Bridge.