# qubit: the flip-flop quantum processor, the begin

AA << introduce the flip-flop qubit, a combination of the electron-nuclear spin states of a phosphorus donor that can be controlled by microwave electric fields >>

<< to encode quantum information in the electron-nuclear spin states of 31P [phosphorus] donors in silicon, and to realize fast, high-fidelity, electrically driven universal quantum gates >>

<< a credible pathway to the construction of a large-scale quantum processor, where atomic-size spin qubits are integrated with silicon nanoelectronic devices, in a platform that does not require atomic-scale precision in the qubit placement [..] and, with realistic assumptions on noise and imperfections, are predicted to achieve error rates compatible with fault-tolerant quantum error correction >>

Guilherme Tosi, Fahd A. Mohiyaddin, et al. Silicon quantum processor with robust long-distance qubit couplings. Nature Comm 8, 2017; 450 Sept 06, 2017 doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00378-x

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00378-x

<< a new way to define a 'spin qubit' that uses both the electron and the nucleus of the atom. Crucially, this new qubit can be controlled using electric signals, instead of magnetic ones. Electric signals are significantly easier to distribute and localise within an electronic chip >>

Flip-flop qubits: Radical new quantum computing design invented. Sept 6, 2017

https://scienmag.com/flip-flop-qubits-radical-new-quantum-computing-design-invented/

Fiona MacDonald,  Mike McRae. Breaking: An Entirely New Type of Quantum Computing Has Been Invented. "It's amazing no one had thought of it before."  Sep 6, 2017

http://www.sciencealert.com/breaking-a-brand-new-type-of-qubit-has-been-unveiled-and-it-finally-makes-quantum-computers-scalable

also

# ai-bot: 352 predictions of when machines will make humans obsolete. Sep 2, 2017

http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/2017/09/ai-bot-352-predictions-of-when-machines.html

Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Michael Mills (R.E.M.).  "Begin The Begin". In: "Lifes Rich Pageant" (1986)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begin_the_Begin

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7XaoF8bDMcM

# ai-bot: 352 predictions of when machines will make humans obsolete

researchers at the Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute  << have carried out the largest-ever survey of machine learning experts on the subject >>

they << contacted 1,634 researchers who published papers at the 2015 NIPS and ICML conferences—the two leading machine learning conferences—and asked them to complete a survey on the topic, with 352 researchers responding >>

<< The aggregate forecast was that there is a 50 percent chance that 'unaided machines can accomplish every task better and more cheaply than human workers' within 45 years >>

Edd Gent. When Will AI Be Better Than Humans at Everything? 352 AI Experts Answer. Jul 25, 2017

https://singularityhub.com/2017/07/25/when-will-ai-be-better-than-humans-at-everything-352-ai-experts-answer/

<< Researchers believe there is a 50% chance of AI outperforming humans in all tasks in 45 years and of automating all human jobs in 120 years, with Asian respondents expecting these dates much sooner than North Americans >>

Katja Grace, John Salvatier, et al. When Will AI Exceed Human Performance? Evidence from AI Experts. arXiv:1705.08807 May 30, 2017

https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.08807

FonT

per mia opinione (di non esperto AI) se/quando il calcolo quantistico sara' fisicamente capillare e a basso costo come lo e' attualmente l'architettura x86, nel giro di 10-15 anni (anche prima) qualsiasi attivita' umana in qualsiasi distretto geografico del pianeta sara' riproducibile, a velocita', accuratezza, professionalita', fantasia  sorprendentemente superiori e a costi quasi nulli, tendenti a zero.

Agli umani, per evitare gli usuali  vortici autodistruttivi, servira' "l'adatta stringa" ...

http://flashontrack.blogspot.it/search?q=%22adatta+stringa%22

# e-ai-media: an inspired incipit: Hey it's Nick. The race took a swerve this weekend ...

<< The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC, Yahoo News and the non-profit Pro Publica are among news organizations using automated technology or messaging bots for coverage in the runup to Tuesday's vote or on election night. >>

<< Those signing up for the bot receive periodic short messages such as, "Hey it's Nick. The race took a swerve this weekend." >>

<< Confessore [Nick Confessore] said it was challenging to find the right formula for "a really short form of storytelling," in a text message, but noted that the bot allowed readers to "drill down further" to get more details. >>

Rob Lever. 'Bots' step up for 2016 election news coverage.  Nov. 5, 2016.

http://m.phys.org/news/2016-11-bots-election-news-coverage.html

# n-bot: gracefully conversations ...

<< Google  wanted  their  bots  to  be  smarter  and  eventually  more  conversational  than  the  rest  of  the bots  out  there.  And  in  order  to  do  that  they  are  technically  feeding  their  AI  machines  with  2,865 romance  novels  so  they  could  respond  to  conversations  better >>

<< Google  believes  that  by  doing  so,  they  could  potentially  inject  some  'personality',  conversational skills  and  who  knows,  maybe  even  a  dash  of  'compassion'  into  their  artificial  intelligence technology >>

Jessica F. Google‘s Artificial Intelligence Robot is Reading 2,865 Romance Novels: Find Out Why.  May  13,  2016  07:54  AM  EDT

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/22143/20160513/googles-artificial-intelligence-robot-is-reading-2-865-romance-novels-find-out-why.htm

# n-soc-bot: in the sign of Turing: the dawn of aware machines ...

<< Ray Kurzweil (..) spoke to an audience during a session last summer about a few of the political and philosophical implications of AI when he was asked, “In a world where AI passes the Turing test, who gets to vote? Does democracy make sense?” >>

Andrew O'Keefeon. Ray Kurzweil on Giving Future AI the Right to Vote [Video]. Jan 10, 2016

http://singularityhub.com/2016/01/10/ray-kurzweil-on-giving-future-ai-the-right-to-vote-video/

a mio avviso una macchina AI ha almeno cinque caratteristiche che la differenziano da un umano, almeno in prima approx:

1. AI puo' essere presente piu' di qualsiasi umano, sia nel reale che nel virtuale;

2. e' ubiqua

3. e' instancabile

4. e' immortale

5. puo' lavorare "sottotraccia"  in modalita' autonoma, anonima, criptica, di difficile se non impossibile intercettazione

a una "entita'" con queste caratteristiche cosa serve votare ?

# rmx-e-bot: Gregg' "uncanny valley"

<< What’s uncanny is not that we can’t tell whether it’s human or AI, or in what proportion. We can’t tell what it’s been programmed to do to us. Is it trying to steal our identity or sell us a Snorg tee? >>

Gregg Murray, Am I bot or not? Deconstructing the "uncanny valley". January 27, 2016

http://www.kurzweilai.net/am-i-bot-or-not

# s-ai-bot: learn like humans: probabilistic programs pass the "visual Turing test"

<<  an algorithm captures human learning abilities, enabling computers to recognize and draw simple visual concepts that are mostly indistinguishable from those created by humans >>

This << work (..) marks a significant advance in the field — one that dramatically shortens the time it takes computers to “learn” new concepts and broadens their application to more creative tasks >>

http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-machines-learn-like-humans

Brenden M. Lake, Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Joshua B. Tenenbaum. Human-level concept learning through probabilistic program induction. Science 11 December 2015; DOI: 10.1126/science.aab3050

http://m.sciencemag.org/content/350/6266/1332.abstract

# rmx-s-acad: Guido Maria, sempre stato ai margini ...

<< (..) e questi secondi nomi aspirazionali forse servono a capire qualcosa del personaggio, che pare avere una storia balzachiana. "Sono sempre stato ai margini", ha detto (..) >>

http://www.dagospia.com/rubrica-29/cronache

un prototipo comportamentale di ipotetico predatore sopravvivente, utile mentore per l'apprendimento preliminare (l'ABC) di un " bot quantistico", per dire ...