Is the mind a quantum computer?

Titolo Rivista EPISTEMOLOGIA
Autori/Curatori Claudio Calosi
Anno di pubblicazione 2014 Fascicolo 2013/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 13 P. 194-206 Dimensione file 620 KB
DOI 10.3280/EPIS2013-002002
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The paper provides a critical assessment of Quantum Artificial Intelligence, roughly the view that the human mind can be effectively simulated by a quantum computer. In particular it raises several independent problems for such a view, namely a supervenience problem, a quantum measurement problem, a decoherence problem and an indiscernibility problem.

Il lavoro presenta una valutazione critica della Intelligenza Artificiale Quantistica, la tesi secondo cui la mente umana puo essere effettivamente simulata da un computer quantistico. In particolare solleva diversi indipendenti problemi per questa tesi, un problema di sopravvenienza, un problema di misurazione, un problema di decoerenza e un problema di indiscernibilita.

Keywords:Meccanicismo, computazione quantistica, intelligenza artificiale; misurazione quantistica; decoerenza; indiscernibilita quantistica.

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Claudio Calosi, Is the mind a quantum computer? in "EPISTEMOLOGIA" 2/2013, pp 194-206, DOI: 10.3280/EPIS2013-002002