
Ep 176: David Deutsch’s ”The Fabric of Reality” Chapter 9 ”Quantum Computers” Part 2
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Using Quantum Mechanical Objects as Special Purpose Computers
In a non-random interference experiment, the photon will always emerge in one particular direction determined by the settings of the mirrors. Feynman conjecture that it would be possible to find an auxiliary device whose interference properties were nevertheless analogous to those of the target environment. He called the whole class of such devices a universal quantum simulator but it was not a single machine,. as it would have to be in order to qualify as a universal computer.
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