Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Who thinks quantum computing will be necessary for AI? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 May 2013 06:13:24PM 4 points [-]

Quantum tunneling != quantum computing.

Quantum 'randomness' != quantum computing. No one has ever introduced, even in principle, a cognitive algorithm that requires quantum 'randomness' as opposed to thermal noise.