Hi Terry,
I have been down this route both practically and intellectually in a number of projects, not with the power of contemporary AI, let alone quantum computing, but the problems of limits in the nature of computers, in contrast to people remain. There are various ways of describing the problem.
My best simple ways of describing it involves a knowledge of basic concepts in semiotics and linguistics. Charles Morris’s account of Semantics, Syntactics, and Pragmatics helps. Putting the matter VERY simply: Computers of any kind, including quantum computers, are extremely good at precise and fast construction and application of semantic and syntactic rules. They have NO pragmatics engine. Indeed, as far as I know, no-one has yet conceptualised, let alone implemented such a system.
Within their limited domain computers can do great things. They can also make bigger mistakes faster than any person could possibly even conceive of. Our ultimate defence, at least for the moment, is to know where the plug is so that we can pull it out.
David
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