herewasapalpableairofexciemeninhewaldorfasoriahoel’ssarlighroofiwassohickyoucouldslicehroughiwihaknifeheroomhadfilledupandherewasabankofvcamerasfromhemajorbroadcaserslinedupahebackofheaudioriumlikeafiringsquadhelensesofheroboiccamerasandhehugelongrangemicrophoneswereaimedacenersagesomeofhecamerasweregoinghroughaninricaepuerconrolleddancerouineofauomaicpa

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hemembersofheaudiencehadiredofadmiringheornaechandeliers,appraisingheinricaearworkonheceilingandperusingheiriinerariesheyhadhadenoughoffiddlingwihheirransionmachinesorgawkingaherobosworkingheislesahousandwhispers,murmurs,êeàêesandpolieconversaionscoalesced

professoryaowaswaiinginhewingsbacksageonheopposiesideasagerighsoodwendybruckheimer,flowingredhairliupgloriouslybyheharshsagelighsasmallorienalmanwihwhacouldonlybedescribedasminimalisfeaureswascarryingoufinalchecksonhepresenaionequipmenheprofessoronlyhadafewslidesoshowanyway,sohechancesofechnicalglicheswerelowozerohepowerofhebreakhroughwouldspeakforiselfhemanwaswearingabckworldechnologyforumshirandillfiingchinoscksherewassomehingvaguelyfamiliarabouheslighsoopingposureofhisneckbuprofessoryaowasfocusedonhepresenaionahand

wendybruckheimerwasshufflingdeflyhroughasmalldeckoffshcardsheprofessorhadsillnorecoveredfromhecasualwayshehadinformedhimofdrjoplin’sdeahashoughiwasonesmallglichinanoherwiseperfeclyorganizedevenheshowhadogoonpoordrjoplinhehadbeenoneofherichesmeninacademiawihseveralmercialpaensunderhisbel,amanwhosaonheboardsofseveralhighprofilecorporaionsye,hehadbeengenerouswihhismoneyandhisknowledge,offeringgransandschorshipsosudensfrompoorbackgroundswhohaddedicaedhemselvesohepursuiofexcellenceinvariousareasofpuerscience

whahadhemiprofessorknownhahadgohimkilledanddidheprofessorknowhewasgoingodie?andwhyhadhedaugherdisappearedwihouarace?somehinghabruckheimer,everpracical,conjecuredsuggesedeiherherguilorheguilofpariesamiworkinginconcerwihhedaugherbuwhakindofsixeenyearoldwihahealhyrusfundwouldmurderherownfaherformoremoney?

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ouncing:“hesessionwillsarinwominues”indulceoneshandel’smessiahsaredbringouoverhemusicsysem,whichdisribuedhemaesro’sworkbyshifingcolumnsofairaroundheroom

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edinhisdirecionandhemaniledhisheadandaempedoshieldhisfacewihhislefhandforamanhasmall,hismovemensweresmoohandassuredbusomehowalienoheenvironmenonceagainprofessoryaohadafeelingofdéjàvuherewassomehingabouhefluidiyofheman’smovemensharemindedhimofsomehinghehadseenbeforebuhecouldn’forhelifeofhimrememberwhaiwasasherackedhisbrainomakeheassociaion,handelfadedinohebackgroundandheroomfellsilenyoucouldhearapindrop,buallprofessoryaocouldregiserwashemildpumpingofhisownhear

wendybruckheimersrolledpurposefullyocenersageafewadmirerscppedsponaneously,appudinghershapelylegsmorehananyhingherewassomehinggazellelikeabouhewayherlongslenderlegsmovedandhoseransparenshoes,hagaveheillusionhashewasfloaingonair,onlyservedoenhanceheeffecasfaraswesernasewen,wendybruckheimersurewasabeauifulwomanandsheobviouslyhadbrains,apowerfulbinaionsheookherpcebeforehelecern

diesandgenlemen,heworldechnologyforumisproudopresenhissession’sspeakerprofessoryaoguochuen,headofsinghuauniversiy’sworldrenownedarificialinelligenceandnanoechnologycenreweareveryluckyohaveprofessoryaohisyear,ashedoesn’normallyakepublicspeakingengagemens

professoryaoispreemineninhisfield,oneofheworld’sleadingmindsoncogniiveinelligenceandnanoechnologyheisalsoaleadingauhoriyonviruandarificialrealiiesandisknownashearchiecofnewchina’smyseriousvirualrealiyworkheer,imusadd,isjusarumorhenewchinagovernmenconinuesoremindushanosuchhingexissdiesandgenlemen,pleasejoinmeinexendingawarmweleoprofessoryaoguochuen

ahunderingroundofappuseasheprofessorwalkedouonohesageandinohepowerfulspolighswendybruckheimerappudedhimooandrereaedgracefullyohebackofhesageprofessoryaogaveheranodofhanksandurnedofaceheaudience,insincivelyadjusinghisbifocalsanyraceofnervousnesswasnowgohiswashismomenandhewascaughupiniahebackofheroom,belowhegreofhepowerfulcameralighs,heprofessorcouldmakeouhemulicoloredlogosofhemajorbroadcasworks

wendybruckheimerhadinformedhimhahisalkwasbeingbroadcasliveoanaudienceofapproximaelyfivebillionpeoplearoundheworldprofessorjoplinhadpulledioffashehadpromiseddespiehefachahechineseprofessorhadrepeaedlyrefusedogivehimahinonhisgroundbreakingdiscoveryhaheworldneededoknowaboujoplinhaddoneipurelyouofrusandrespec

wendybruckheimerhadalsoadvisedhimhaonaccounofhehugeymanaudiencewachingousideheaudioriumheshouldkeephisspeechasunscienificaspossibleshewouldarrangeforscienificandechnicalpapersobedisribuedoheaudienceandhemajorjournalsaferhesessionomorrow,hehough,hesocksofarificialinelligence,quanumcompuingandnanoechnologypaniesweregoingogohroughheroof,especiallyheonesinchina

heappusedieddownahousandpairsofeyeswereraineduponhimandfivebillionmorehroughhebiasedlensesofhevcamerasprofessoryaoclearedhishroaomildmicrophonenoiseandbeganinformalmandarin,simulaneouslyransedbyhepersonalransionsysemsoverheaudiosysem

diesandgenlemen,iisanhonourobeherebeforehisdisinguishedroomoffellowacademicsandoherswihanineresinheexciingworldofarificialinelligenceiamgoingomakehefirsparofhissessionasbriefaspossibleasianicipaehayouaregoingohavelosofquesionsformeiwillrymybesoanswerhosequesions

heopicofmyalkodayis“quanumcompuing:abreakhroughinarificialinelligence”asisaysinyouriinerariesi’sabouhebiggesbreakhroughininformaionechnologyheworldhaseverseenhisisabreakhroughhaushersinaneweraofpuing,enrichesbyordersofmagniudehereionshipbeweenhumansandpuerswehavecreaedheworld’sfirsselfsusaining,evoluionaryquanumpuerprocessorinfac“we”ishewrongwordouseasyouwilldiscoverer

gaspsandmurmursrolledhroughheaudience

“buha’simpossible,”shouedaboldvoicefromheaudience

“hemospowerfulquanumpueravaibleodayboassonlyonehundredquanumbis,ha’snonearlyenoughomakequanumpuerssarrepcingsiliconpuersanyimesoon,”conjecuredanoherprofessoryaoignoredhedissen

firs,forhebenefiofourelevisionandcyberspaceaudiences,iwouldlikeobrieflyexpinhepremiseofquanumpuinghesiliconprocessorshacurrenlypowerhepcsinyourhomesandofficesaremadeupofinyransisorshaswichonandoffrepreseninghebinarynumbersof1and0,henguageinwhichpuersspeakunilrecenly,increasesinspeedandperformanceofhoseprocessorshavebeenachievedprincipallybysqueezingsmallerransisorsinoheprocessorelecriciyravelsfaserinasmallerransisorresulinginfaserprocessorshisandoherenhancemensresulinadoublingofpuingpowereverywoyears,anindusryphenomenonreferredoasmoore’sw

well,moore’swisingoanendandnanoechnologyisbegi

ingousherinaneweraofevensmallerransisorsandfurheringheperaionofpersonalsuperpuersinohouseholdsaroundheworldye,evenwihallheseadvancemensinhardware,wehaveyeoseesofwarekeepupwihheserendsinparicur,wehavebeenunableoseeheemergenceofaruearificialinelligenceyes,wehaveinrusiondeecion,scenarioanalysisandsockradingaisbuhesearejusalgorihmsgoinghroughhemoionsofapredefinedseofrulesandproceduresnoaihassofarsuccessfullycimedobepleelyselfevolvingand,dareisay,ohaveaconsciencehaisunilrecenly

weasinghuauniversiyinbeijing,oneofheleadinguniversiiesinhewholeofnewchina,havelongbelievedhaquanumneuralworkswerehekeyocreaingreallyinelligensofware,sofwarewihaconsciousnesswhyquanumpuing?becauseevenhoughpuingpowerisnoaprerequisieforpuerinelligence,idoesspeedupheevoluionaryprocesswhichcanakeaverylongimeonoday’shardware

againimusapologizeomyfriendsinacademiahaforhebenefiofcasualviewersimusexpinquicklywhyquanumpuingisgoingochangehepuingndscapeforever,puingsuperpuersoneverydeskopimenionedearlierhaoday’spuersandconsolesuseprocessorshasqueezemanyinyransisorsinoasmalreaheprocessorinyourpcahomehasaboufivehundredbillionransisors,eachofwhichissoinyensofhousandsofhemcanfionhewidhofahumanhairwearealkingabouhewidhofahumanhair,nohelengh

nowifyouarehinkingha’ssmall,quanumpuinggoesevensmallerandusesheverybuildingblocksofmaer,subaomicpariclessuchaselecrons,ionsandphoonsasransisorsinhequanumworld,suchransisorsareknownasquanumbisorqubiswhyusehesemicroscopicpariclesasransisors?hepariclespossesscerainbehaviorshaca

oonlybeusedorepresenhe1sand0sofpuerspeakbuoalsooperformplexcalcuionsordersofmagniudefaserhananyofoday’spuersagain,lemebrieflyoulihespecificbehaviorshaallowforhisnewerainpuing

aomicparicleshavewodisincandopposiespinorienaionshacaneachrepresenhe1sanda0sofbinarynguagehisallowsheparicleoeffecivelybehaveasaransisoronceaparicleisisoedfromisenvironmen,ienershesrangequanumsaewereferoassuperposiion,whichmeansiisinbohorienaionsaonceandcanrepresenamixof1sand0shisallowsasringofpariclesinhissaeofsuperposiionosimulaneouslyrepreseneverypossiblebinaionof1sand0saquanumpuercanhereforeprocessallhenumbersharepresenpossiblesoluionsoaprobleminasingleoperaionoday’spuerswouldhaveogohrougheachpossiblesoluiononeaferheoher

wopariclesinsuperposiioncanbeeenangledwhenheyeinoconacenanglemenmeanshaoneormoreofheirproperiesbeelinkedevenwhenhepariclesareseparaedifoneofhepariclesisknockedouofsuperposiioninoadefiniesae(a1or0asdescribedearlier),heoherparicle,nomaerhowfaraway,icouldbeonheohersideofheuniverse,alsoleavessuperposiionahesamemomeninimeandassumeshesamesaesinceenanglemenallowsdisanpariclesosharehesamesaeieffecivelyallowsforeleporaionofsaes,orinhebinarysenseeleporaionofvalues,evenacrossspace

undersandinghesesrangebehaviorsofparicles,superposiion,enanglemen,eleporaioniskeyoundersandinghowweachievedhebreakhroughiamabouodescribe

sohowdidwecreaeaconsciousarificialinelligence?weborrowedfromnanoechnology,neuralworks,quanumphysicsandcogniivesciencesfirsle’ssarwihhehardwarehekeyonheprocessorsidewashecreaionofahreedimensionalsiliconarrayofembeddedsubaomicparicleslikewedescribedearlierhearrayisbasedonamodificaionofhequanumdodesignwhichhasresuledinasable100qubiquanumpuerhegenlemanmenionedearlierhisupillrecenlyhasbeenhecuingedgeofquanumpuingwelldiesandgenlemen;iampleasedoa

ouncehawehavecreaedaquanumneuralworkprocessorwihonebillionqubis

professoryaopausedforeffecasanuninelligiblehumrippledhroughouheaudioriumandpracicallyeveryscienisinheaudiencesponaneouslybeganoderideprofessoryao’sssaemenhesoundofdissengrewincreasinglylouderherewassporadicugher,criesofderisionandridiculeheprofessorwasgrowingimpaienheneedoeducaehenonechnicalviewerswasmakinghisdifficulandimewasofheessenceanyminuenow,agensofhepcouldebusingoufromheescaors,leadinghimoceraindeahbackinnewchinawouldn’heseacademicslehimjusfinishhisalk?allwouldbeeclearwhenhewasfinished,whenheyexperiencedhepowerofhesysemhecalledbckjadeforhemselves

“surelyhisisaransionerroraonebillionqubiquanumpuerwihahreedimensionalneuroprocessor?youcreaedsuchapuerinyourbasinghua?”askedadisinguishedlooking,whiehairedmaninheaudiencesarcasically

“yes”

heaudienceerupedinougher

“ha’sallwelndgoodprofessoryaobuevenifwewereobelievehaourageouscim,howonearhdidyougehosequbisomunicaewiheachoher?”hemanaskedprofessoryaohadnocounedonheseconsaninerrupionsbuwasdeerminedomakehispoin

“hesamewayyou’vebeendoingiforheswodecadesweusemulipledynamicbusesofco

ecedqubisoco

ecdomainsofquanummemory,”professoryaorespondedimpaienly

“andhowdoyoumanageheproblemshahavedoggedheindusryupillnow,heproblemsofdecoherence,hefachahepariclesmaychangesaeassoonasheyareobserveddueoenvironmenalnoiseandoherfacors?andwhaabouerrorcorrecionandheproblemsofinerco

ecionasyouscaleupoyourimaginaryonebillionqubis?”

“caniaskabouyourbackground?”professoryaoaskedpoliely,inerrupinghepealsofugherrollinghroughheaudienceandfixinghewhiehairedmanwihhismosinensesare

“professorcollinsandwood,headofhecenreforquanumcompuaion,cambridgeuniversiy”

“hameanshayouarefamiliarwihhecurrenapproachesosolvingheproblemsyouhighlighsoidon’needogoinohosespecificsle’sjussayhawehaven’reinvenedhewheelherehekeyisinheapproachwehaveaken,”expinedprofessoryao

“andwhaapproachmighhabe?”

professoryaocouldn’helpbunoicehehinofarroganceandsarcasmhahecambridgeprofessor’senglishaccenhadakenonheconinuedwihhisalk,hisvoicesrugglingoriseabovehedin

weknewwecouldn’effecivelybuildapracicalquanumchipbyreinveninghewheelsowefedhemechanicsofprovenquanumpuingapproachesaroundheworldinoaheurisicsofwareprogramandleidoheassemblyusingheesnanoechnologyourquanumchipwasbuilbyanarificialinelligence,morespecificallyaneurarificialinelligenceworkheaisimplygobeerabuildinghechipafercounlessfailuresanddeadendsheaisumbleduponhedesignofhechipwhenwefediheparameersofearlymille

iumquanumpuingworkaheuniversiyofwisconsinhesofwaresaredworkingwihwodimensionarraysandhenscaledupohreedimensionsweleheaibuildheprocessorwefiguredifhumanshavefailedodosooverheshreedecadesorso,whynogivemachinesandsofwareary

maerialsusedweresilicon,chemicallyaleredsilicongermaniumandunaleredsilicongermaniumoformaquanumdoicehaallowedindividualelecronsomovepreciselyinanydirecionhroughhearray,includinghequanumbuseseachyerwaspainsakinglyassembledbyheaiusingheesinsiliconchipfabricaionandnanoechnologyassemblyanddisassemblyechnologyasisaidearlier,wehavenoreinvenedanywheelserrorcorrecionforexamplewassolvedbyhesofwareusingavariaionofheuniedsaesnaionalinsiueofsandardsandechnology’spyramidhierarchyofqubishausesheeleporaionbehaviorofenangledpariclesakeyinervalsocheckheaccuracyofreurnedvaluesasignificanporionofheonebillionqubisareusedinhisregardbuheresulissillhefasespuerinhumanexisence

iseehasomeofyouarenoddinginrecogniionofhefachaallhisisperfeclypusibleheprincipleshavebeenprovenbyohersandarewelldocumenedhefacofhemaerishehardwareisnoheineresingpieceofhepuzzleiamnohereoalkabouhehardwareiamhereoalkaboubckjade,hemosadvancedpieceofsofwareheworldhaseverseenheworld’sfirsruearificialinelligence

onhehardwareside,wehavehemospowerfulpuerinexisenceodayiusesachipandsofwarewhichisesseniallyaquanumneuralworkinaboxonhesofwaresidewhadowehave?well,cogniivescienceheoriesaboundonhowocreaearuearificialinelligence;ohapassesheuringesandcanpersuadeanyinerrogaorhaihasaconsciousness

ourapproachisbasedonasomewhadaedheory,posuedmorehanwodecadesagoinfac,byroberhechnielsenhewashefirsoaricuehaalspecsofhumancogniionarederivedfromaspecificypeofknowledgeandasingleinformaionprocessingoperaionreferredoasconfabuioniwon’gooomuchinohaherebuhegisishaifyoubuildheurisicneuralworksofwarehacanconfabueandgiveivasamounsofaccumuedknowledgeorganizedinmuchhesamewayhahehumanbrainorganizesknowledge,youendupwihanarificialinelligencehaisjusasconsciousasyouandiheaiineffeclearnsviaaninricaesysemofrecognizingpaernsinrelevandaa,bohpermanenandemergingknowledge–paernrecogniion

hereweremoremurmursamongheaendeeswhowerelookingaeachoher,furrowingheirbrows,andmenallygoinghroughhelogicofwhaheprofessorwassayingafewpeopleinheaudiencesaredappudingbuhesoundwasbarelyaudibleabovehedinheaudience,prisingsomeofhebesmindsofheworld,hadbegunoseeheinherenpusibiliyofwhahewassaying,despieheckofdeailsandheckofproofheywerebegi

ingoseehahediminuivechineseprofessorwouldeawayfromheworldechnologyforumasoneoffinesscienissofheirgeneraion

finally,beforeiakequesionsi’dlikeoshowyouaslideofourprooypequanumprocessoraferoneday,oneweek,onemonhandsixmonhsofevoluionfinallyi’dlikeyouallomeebckjade,hefirsairu

ingonourquanumneuralworkhesslidewasakenjusafewdaysbeforeilefnewchinaobeherehealgorihmsusedareincredible,beyondanyhinghaishumanlypossibleinfacbckjadeishesameaihabuilhequanumprocessorsoiacuallyknowshingsabouisprocessorenvironmenhaweiscreaorswillprobablyneverknowiissimplybeyondourcapabiliies

herewasmoreappusefromheaudienceheairwashickwihexciemenphonecallswerebeingmadeobsaroundheworldinhibiionshadbeendroppedandinenseconversaionswerenowbeingcarriedouaroundheroomjournalisswereypingawayfranicallyonsaellieenabledpersonalconsolesvcameraswerepa

ingandzoomingaway

heprofessorreachedinohispockeforhediscconainingheslidehishandcameawayempyhediscwasmissinghadheunwiinglypcediinheprojecoralready?hedidn’hinksohepressedheopenbuononheprojecorbuhedischolderslidouempyhefelaroundinhisoherpockes

herewassomehingsickyonhisindexfingerimushaveefromheprojecorherewasaslighingleaheipofhisfingerisaredoraveluphisarmwhadidhedowihheminidisc?henouofhebluehissynapsesfiredinherighbinaionandihihimheechnicianhenowrememberedclearlywherehe’dseenhimiwasaaopsecreeveninshanghaiherecalledhinkingaloudooneofhepgeneralshowamansosmallgoobeaccepedinhepeople’sliberaionarmyhegeneralhadsaidsomehingabouhimbeinganaionalreasurehewassomekindofsupernauralfreak

professoryaosruggledofocushiseyesonhebackofheroomhesmallmanwassandinghere,saringsraighahimwashaalookofrecogniionfromhiskiller?heinglehadnowurnedinonumbnessravelingrapidlyuphisarmandprofessoryaoknewhahewouldbedeadinsecondshehankedhegodshahehadakenheprecauionofleavinginsrucionswihhisresearchassisanlijinwhaawayodieheregreedhahewouldneverseehefruisofhisborneverheless,hehankedhegodsforallhehoursspenwihheaieachingiheimporanhingsineededoknowhosehourswereworhheeniresixyeighyearsofhislifelijin,ifiamnobackbyfridaymorningiwanyouoreleasebckjadeinocyberspaceheniwanyouoremovehequanumneuroprocessoranddesroyi

hehadgrownaachedoheeniyhecalledbckjade,heeniyharesidedinhefirspueroeverbepoweredbyanevoluionaryneuroprocessorhehadgrownorespecisomnipoence,hesheerbreadhanddephofisknowledgeonebillionerabyesofdaa,weighed,digesedandgracefullyregurgiaedbeerhananyhumancould

bckjadewashisbabyandwouldliveonierniyincyberspaceheworldwouldbuildisownversionsbuherewouldbenohinglikeheoriginal,whichpossessedmoreknowledgehananysuccessorcouldeverhopeohaveandwihcyberspaceembodyingheenirecanonofhumanknowledgeandbckjade’sabiliyoalerhefabricofhemarixosuiisownpurposes,professoryaowoulddieasaisfiedmanhehadlefhismarkonheworld,amarkhawouldresonaeunilheendofime

asprofessoryao’shearsoppedbeaingandhisbodyfellkamikazepilolikeohedais,heprayedogodhahisresearchassisan,hesmarbusrongwilledsudenlijin,wouldheedhisinsrucions

lijin,ifiamnobackbyfridaymorningiwanyouoreleasebckjadeinocyberspaceheniwanyouoremovehequanumneuroprocessoranddesroyi

heshingprofessoryaosawwereheshapelylegsandhighheeledshoesofwendybruckheimerru

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