{"id":205260,"date":"2025-02-02T12:19:59","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/new-startup-wants-to-build-a-conscious-quantum-computer"},"modified":"2025-02-02T12:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T18:19:59","slug":"new-startup-wants-to-build-a-conscious-quantum-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/new-startup-wants-to-build-a-conscious-quantum-computer","title":{"rendered":"New startup wants to build a conscious quantum computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G90M5O7Lnsg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out my own course, an introduction to quantum mechanics on Brilliant! First 30 days are free and 20% off the annual premium subscription when you use our link \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine\">https:\/\/brilliant.org\/sabine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A new startup in Canada wants to build the first \u201cconscious\u201d artificial intelligence using quantum computing. What\u2019s their definition of consciousness? Well, it\u2019s based on Roger Penrose\u2019s ideas about consciousness, ORCH-OR. I find this rather confusing because Penrose thinks that consciousness is not computable, so how are we now going to compute it?<\/p>\n<p>This video comes with a quiz which you can take here: <a href=\"https:\/\/quizwithit.com\/start_thequiz\/.\">https:\/\/quizwithit.com\/start_thequiz\/.<\/a>\u2026 Check out my new quiz app \u279c <a href=\"http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/\">http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ sabine \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026 \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a> \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f On instagram \u279c <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \/ sciencewtg #science #sciencenews #quantum #ai.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd13 Check out my new quiz app \u279c <a href=\"http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/\">http:\/\/quizwithit.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc8c Support me on Donorbox \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg\">https:\/\/donorbox.org\/swtg<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udcdd Transcripts and written news on Substack \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/\">https:\/\/sciencewtg.substack.com\/<\/a><br \/> \ud83d\udc49 Transcript with links to references on Patreon \u279c \/ sabine.<br \/> \ud83d\udce9 Free weekly science newsletter \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle\">https:\/\/sabinehossenfelder.com\/newsle<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udc42 Audio only podcast \u279c <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0MkNfXl<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \ud83d\udd17 Join this channel to get access to perks \u279c<br \/> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sabinehossenfelder\">@sabinehossenfelder<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\uddbc\ufe0f On instagram \u279c \/ sciencewtg.<\/p>\n<p>#science #sciencenews #quantum #ai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out my own course, an introduction to quantum mechanics on Brilliant! 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