Quantum laptop fabricated from 6 super-sized atoms might imitate the mind

Simulations of a quantum laptop fabricated from six rubidium atoms recommend it might run a easy brain-inspired algorithm that may be taught to recollect and make easy selections

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

A quantum laptop constructed utilizing big atoms managed by laser gentle could also be sufficient to mimic some features of the mind, corresponding to reminiscence and decision-making.

Rodrigo Araiza Bravo at Harvard College and his colleagues used laptop simulations to indicate {that a} new kind of quantum laptop could possibly be constructed out of rubidium Rydberg atoms. These atoms are super-sized in diameter as a result of a few of their electrons orbit the nuclei at a big distance, and they’re extraordinarily delicate to gentle so could be …