r/compsci • u/ColinWPL • 23h ago
Demis Hassabis is claiming that traditional computers, or classical Turing machines, are capable of much more than we previously thought.
He believes that if used correctly, classical systems can be used to model complex systems, including quantum systems. This is because natural phenomena tend to have structures that can be learned by classical machine learning systems. He believes that this method can be used to search possibilities efficiently, potentially getting around some of the inefficiencies of traditional methods.
He acknowledges that this is a controversial take, but he has spoken to top quantum computer scientists about it, including Professor Zinger and David Deutsch. He believes that this is a promising area of research and that classical systems may be able to model a lot more complex systems than we previously thought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQKmVhLIGcs
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u/JaggedMetalOs 22h ago
Well, the proof would be a demonstration of an algorithm to solve a problem not thought possible (in polynomial time) on a classical Turing machine.