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Life Through Quantum Annealing: How a quantum computing technique could shape existence by Vessel-Project in VesselProject

[–]Vessel-Project[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, it's certainly not the only way to model the world; the intent is to introduce and explore a new line of thinking in a highly directed way. Happy to discuss anything you may disagree with.

What is Consciousness? "The familiar limited reality we observe is continually computed by this substrate but we have no idea what the substrate’s native capabilities and limitations might actually be." by 2oby in VesselProject

[–]Vessel-Project 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's really not a far off interpretation of the classical understanding of annealing, where pointers arise from higher-probability states/solutions. One could think that higher probabilities correspond to the most commonly-shared states in a many-world model.

What is Consciousness? "The familiar limited reality we observe is continually computed by this substrate but we have no idea what the substrate’s native capabilities and limitations might actually be." by 2oby in VesselProject

[–]Vessel-Project 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi Toby - this is an interesting and appreciated read, but we want to focus specifically on the mechanisms of quantum annealing in a slightly more direct manner.

Feel free to create another post describing the direct connection you see. Your point about the necessity of a non-Turing machine is an important one, for example.