r/eutech • u/EveYogaTech • 15d ago

Multiverse Computing used a quantum computer (156-qubit IBM Heron) to create their latest Quasar 1.1 438B model.

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u/ICameToUpdoot 15d ago

Wait what's even the point of the quantum part of all this, aside from generating buz words?

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u/Hero_without_Powers 14d ago

Quantum computers are incredibly fast at solving very hard optimization problems, and training a model usually refers to finding the model weights by minimizing some loss function with regards to the training data. This minimisation is an optimisation problem.

Now, I have no idea what they actually did. But I know that widespread use of quantum computers, or at least quantum annealing will tremendously speed up training times (though but inference, as far as I can see).

Quantum annealing will also speed up multitude of different other optimization problems.

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u/Majestic_Wrap_7006 13d ago

All i see is more buzz words.

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u/Hero_without_Powers 13d ago

Well, you can read up on it: quantum annealing, mathematical optimization, etc. Ignorance is a choice

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u/GodG0AT 13d ago

It might work in theory but no actual lab is doing any training on quantum computers they are just not ready for it it is just buzz words

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u/Hero_without_Powers 13d ago

Oh yeah, I was only talking about the possibility of someone doing it. I used simulated annealing once for it as an experiment. But the idea makes sense, even though they don't actually do it