ABSTRACT

Despite the great promises and potential of quantum computing, the full range of possibilities and practical applications is not yet clear. In this contribution, we highlight the potential for quantum theories and computation to reignite the art and science of expert systems and knowledge engineering. With their grounding in uncertainty and unpredictability, quantum concepts are able to expand theoretical and practical boundaries of research and exploration. We demonstrate the advantages of using quantum logic and computation when applying expert knowledge such as the ability to ask imprecise (inherently probabalistic) queries and do so efficiently through large and complicated computational spaces by leveraging quantum concepts such as superposition, entanglement, parallelism, and interference to sustain and manipulate networks of quantum qubits. This, we argue, can provide non-insignificant computational speedups and enable more complex data representations and analysis. We then point the keen reader towards three practical applications and provide some evidence for their quantum advantages – Scientific Discovery, Creativity and Breakthrough Thinking, Complex Systems, and Future of Sports – that we regard as largely unexplored in popular accounts of quantum theory; as such, we suggest these are low hanging fruit for the more-immediately feasible applications of quantum technologies.

摘要

尽管量子计算具有巨大的前景和潜力，但其全面的可能性和实际应用尚不清楚。在这篇文章中，我们强调了量子理论和计算重新点燃专家系统和知识工程的艺术和科学的潜力。凭借其不确定性和不可预测性的基础，量子概念能够扩展研究和探索的理论和实践边界。我们展示了在应用专家知识时使用量子逻辑和计算的优势，例如提出不精确（本质上是概率）查询的能力，并通过利用叠加、纠缠、并行和干涉等量子概念，在大型复杂的计算空间中有效地做到这一点维持和操纵量子量子比特网络。我们认为，这可以提供非微不足道的计算加速并实现更复杂的数据表示和分析。然后，我们将敏锐的读者引向三个实际应用，并为它们的量子优势——科学发现、创造力和突破性思维、复杂系统和体育的未来——提供一些证据，我们认为这些在量子理论的流行解释中基本上是未探索的；因此，我们建议对于更直接可行的量子技术应用来说，这些都是唾手可得的成果。复杂系统和体育的未来——我们认为这在量子理论的流行解释中基本上是未探索的；因此，我们建议对于更直接可行的量子技术应用来说，这些都是唾手可得的成果。复杂系统和体育的未来——我们认为这在量子理论的流行解释中基本上是未探索的；因此，我们建议对于更直接可行的量子技术应用来说，这些都是唾手可得的成果。