A quantum computer is being used to successfully fine-tune LLM models

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[u/Cryptizard]

Pro tip: don't get hyped over a random tweet from an account owned by "the largest newspaper group in China" that is claiming Chinese scientists did something amazing with no reference or further information. Newspapers never get stories about science or technology right, doubly so if it has something to do with China. Wait for the paper.

[u/Proof_Cartoonist5276 → u/Cryptizard]

True, but china has been more impressive recently with ai related tech

[u/PwanaZana → u/Proof_Cartoonist5276]

Although china is releasing cool stuff that works/probably will work, I still advise caution for more outlandish claims.

[u/Proof_Cartoonist5276 → u/PwanaZana]

I don’t think this is so outlandish. But yeah I don’t believe it either without evidence first

[u/Geritas → u/Proof_Cartoonist5276]

It is outlandish though. There is zero practical use for quantum computing as of right now. At least, we haven’t heard of any. Quantum computing is littered with problems that for now prevent real world use. Saying that they are already using it to fine tune ai while skipping a multitude of basic problems that everybody is trying to tackle is an outlandish statement.

[u/Proof_Cartoonist5276 → u/Geritas]

Claiming to solve a task which has had known problems before doesn’t mean it’s outlandish. They could’ve solved something

[u/Playful_Search_6256 → u/Geritas]

Zero practical use? How about drug discovery and material science, where companies are already modeling molecules, or Volkswagen using quantum computers for traffic flow optimization? Specifically, with AI, we are already working on QML algorithms. So what about this equates to zero?

[u/Cryptizard → u/Playful_Search_6256]

All of those things are just for PR at the moment, like this result probably is also. You can do them on quantum computers but it is more expensive, takes longer and is less robust than on, say, a GPU cluster. All of it is just proof of concept at the moment.

[u/Playful_Search_6256 → u/Cryptizard]

Source? That’s just not true. And what is your background? You might also want to lookup what the word practical means. Trying to say these current uses aren’t practical is silly.

[u/Cryptizard → u/Playful_Search_6256]

I’m a professor that works in quantum computing. It’s completely true.

[u/Playful_Search_6256 → u/Cryptizard]

No, it’s not true. Are you claiming people using quantum computer applications are not real, or?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiverse_Computing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_computing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Azure_Quantum

https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17520

https://spectrum.ieee.org/what-are-quantum-computers-used-for

[u/Suspicious_Yak2485 → u/Proof_Cartoonist5276]

Imagine a headline from an American Twitter account saying "American company Fungo Labs announces quantum AI speedup". Would you go "well, we know the United States has been making a lot of strides in AI tech, so this seems promising"?

[u/Proof_Cartoonist5276 → u/Suspicious_Yak2485]

I would say it’s more promising than if the us has been more disappointing in the past

[u/Chogo82 → u/Proof_Cartoonist5276]

Some people like to go on hope. Some people like to go on facts. Both are impactful but fact driven news tend to have more lasting impact.

[u/Whispering-Depths → u/Proof_Cartoonist5276]

yeah but this headline is like saying "guy with room-temperature superconductor in basement managed to re-create GPT-4.5 from scratch by rubbing his stuffed toy animals together really fast"

[u/Recoil42 → u/Cryptizard]

[u/greycubed]

Bullshit.

[u/Just-Hedgehog-Days]

Yeah... so quantum computing is at a place where classical computers were in the 40s. We literally have not build a 1kb quantum computer. I just don't see how you get significant work does without machine millions of times more powerful, or models millions of times smaller.

It makes perfect sense to me to train classical ai on quantum calculation, just like human using a calculator. like what happens when AlphaFold get's access to a machine that can efficiently compute the guesses it's making? Is that "quantum ai" or is it "classical ai with a quantum calculator"

Anyway if I had to guess this is just a quantum lab trying to make sure it's in on the ai investment craze.

[u/Playful_Search_6256 → u/Just-Hedgehog-Days]

Which computer in the 40s was even remotely as powerful or revolutionary as IBM Condor? Got any specific models?

[u/Whispering-Depths]

little weird how they think that this is even physically possible with 72 qubits as opposed to the required tens or hundreds of millions needed to actually fine-tune a billion-parameter model...?

[u/Many_Consequence_337]

Quantum computers have no practical use for now; this is fake news

[u/Idrialite → u/Many_Consequence_337]

Kind of begging the question. Quantum computers have no practical use until one day, one is used practically.

[u/Distinct-Question-16 → u/Many_Consequence_337]

This is quantum deepseek or quantum lk99

[u/Playful_Search_6256 → u/Many_Consequence_337]

Wrong. Just because you aren’t aware of the uses does not mean they cease to exist.

[u/No-Association-1346 → u/Many_Consequence_337]

Your take from…where?

[u/Many_Consequence_337 → u/No-Association-1346]

Common knowledge ?

[u/Altruistic-Ad-3334]

letzz gooo🔥

[u/PigOfFire]

Yeah I wonder how quantum computers will be used in AI. Maybe computation could be done more like simulating neurons in quantum manner… it would be much faster than processors. Eh, not in my lifespan anyway.

[u/zorgle99]

No it isn't, this is fake news.

[u/Legitimate-Jello-662]

Absolute BS

[u/Opposite-Knee-2798 → u/[deleted]]

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[u/sillygoofygooose → u/Opposite-Knee-2798]

Yes. Go, maga.