Jonathan Gorard, discussing the math, is very convincing. He said some very intriguing things about practical benefits with the theory for “quantum computation optimization”, e.g. “circuit simplification for quantum computers” (for experiments or simulations).
His description of quantum computing, using the ‘multiway systems’, as ‘a statistical ensemble of inputs, on which the multiway system then performs all possible computations, producing a statistic ensemble of outputs’.
In the first video, Gorard stated that the “worst case” outcome of the project, in his view, would be a bunch of really cool math/computation. I think they might be a good bit past that already. (The first two videos were recorded about five months apart.)
Another great quote from the second video: ‘multiway systems give you something like a path integral approach to computation’. That’s something. (I don’t really know what, but it seems cool!)
(My math creds are a BA (and one graduate seminar class) and being generally interested. I’ve one some very amateurish ‘original math’ that was almost certainly independent re-discovery, to the extent I finished any of it. I make a living via classical computer programming.)
Before just what of the second video I’ve now watched, I didn’t think quantum computing would ever ‘really work’. (I don’t think ‘quantum supremacy’ has been definitely demonstrated still?) A big part of that was due to intuitions I picked up from reading NKS. That is very interesting that NKS+ is what has now convinced me that it probably will be working and practical. I excuse myself as having been driven mad learning about the continuity of the real numbers! (I just didn’t think our universe could be made of real numbers!)
So, the Wolfram Physics theory is: discrete (“quantized”), computational, multiway (‘many worlds’, “path integral”, ‘statistical’), and Jonathan Gorard seems like a legit mathematician/computer-scientist
I like the idea that the underlying ‘quantized quantumness’ of spacetime (everything) might be a discrete “statistical ensemble”.
The second video is really interesting!
Jonathan Gorard, discussing the math, is very convincing. He said some very intriguing things about practical benefits with the theory for “quantum computation optimization”, e.g. “circuit simplification for quantum computers” (for experiments or simulations).
His description of quantum computing, using the ‘multiway systems’, as ‘a statistical ensemble of inputs, on which the multiway system then performs all possible computations, producing a statistic ensemble of outputs’.
In the first video, Gorard stated that the “worst case” outcome of the project, in his view, would be a bunch of really cool math/computation. I think they might be a good bit past that already. (The first two videos were recorded about five months apart.)
Another great quote from the second video: ‘multiway systems give you something like a path integral approach to computation’. That’s something. (I don’t really know what, but it seems cool!)
(My math creds are a BA (and one graduate seminar class) and being generally interested. I’ve one some very amateurish ‘original math’ that was almost certainly independent re-discovery, to the extent I finished any of it. I make a living via classical computer programming.)
Before just what of the second video I’ve now watched, I didn’t think quantum computing would ever ‘really work’. (I don’t think ‘quantum supremacy’ has been definitely demonstrated still?) A big part of that was due to intuitions I picked up from reading NKS. That is very interesting that NKS+ is what has now convinced me that it probably will be working and practical. I excuse myself as having been driven mad learning about the continuity of the real numbers! (I just didn’t think our universe could be made of real numbers!)
So, the Wolfram Physics theory is: discrete (“quantized”), computational, multiway (‘many worlds’, “path integral”, ‘statistical’), and Jonathan Gorard seems like a legit mathematician/computer-scientist
I like the idea that the underlying ‘quantized quantumness’ of spacetime (everything) might be a discrete “statistical ensemble”.
Glad you liked it! I think the ideas are very interesting too, for I think similar reasons to you.
Will be curious to see how much further they go.
I’m very satisfied at making this post, if only from being pointed at those videos!