How to make qubits speak
Abstract
This is a story about making quantum computers speak, and doing so in a quantum-native, compositional and meaning-aware manner. Recently we did question-answering with an actual quantum computer. We explain what we did, stress that this was all done in terms of pictures, and provide many pointers to the related literature. In fact, besides natural language, many other things can be implemented in a quantum-native, compositional and meaning-aware manner, and we provide the reader with some indications of that broader pictorial landscape, including our account on the notion of compositionality. We also provide some guidance for the actual execution, so that the reader can give it a go as well.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2107.06776,
title = {How to make qubits speak},
author = {Bob Coecke and Giovanni de Felice and Konstantinos Meichanetzidis and Alexis Toumi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.06776},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Invited contribution to "Quantum Computing in the Arts and Humanities"