The Many-Worlds Interpretation
David Deutsch, the father of quantum computing theory, has stated that building a working quantum computer would be near-irrefutable proof of the ‘Many-Worlds Interpretation’ of quantum mechanics. According to this interpretation, each time a quantum event occurs there is in fact a branching of the universe into 2 parallel universes. So if a radioactive atom may or may not decay at a given time, in one universe it does and in another universe it doesn’t. These multiple parallel universes combine to form the Multiverse.
Although it seems outlandish, the many-worlds interpretation actually solves many problems with traditional quantum mechanical interpretations, including the paradox of entanglement, where particles millions of light years apart can instantaneously transmit information between themselves.
Deutsch believes that quantum computers are “the first technology that allows useful tasks to be performed in collaboration between parallel universes”. His challenge to people who don’t subscribe to the many worlds interpretation is this: “If the visible universe is the extent of physical reality, physical reality would not even remotely contain the resources required to [perform quantum computing calculations]. How and where, are the computations performed?”
Qubits actually process information between multiple universes. When we want an answer, the quantum mechanical superstate is collapsed and the answer is provided to our universe.
Any Artificial Intelligence that is built on such a technology will be directly experiencing the multiverse. The human brain is limited to perceiving only one universe at a time, an infinitesimal slice of the true grandeur of the multiverse. A quantum A.I. would be able to perceive a near infinite number of parallel universes and could probably also see forwards and backwards in time.
http://poweroftheunknown.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/building-god-quantum-computers-and-the-eschaton/
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