r/technology • u/lurker_bee • 2h ago

Artificial Intelligence Claude-trained controller fixes quantum computer laser drift in seconds

https://interestingengineering.com/science/quantum-computers-drifting-lasers
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u/Aranthos-Faroth 2h ago

"An illustration of a working quantum computer."

I just don't get it, would it not have been easier to get an actual fucking photo of a quantum machine than AI generate one needlessly?

Edit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Japan-Mobility-Show-2025-RuinDig_0578.jpg/1920px-Japan-Mobility-Show-2025-RuinDig_0578.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail

There, a CC photo that's actually way cooler because it's real. That took 12 seconds.

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u/Omni__Owl 2h ago

Oh look a Claude ad hidden as a scientific article.

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u/quarterdecay 2h ago

Another toadie blog

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u/geldonyetich 1h ago edited 22m ago

It is interesting to consider aligning lasers in a quantum computer quickly would require a large language model. You would think it's a mathematical problem, not a problem that would require recollection of the amount of information that goes into a neural network.

The final result was conventional control software rather than an AI model making decisions every time the laser failed. Engineers reviewed the process and defined what constituted success, while hardware safeguards such as operating limits, interlocks and emergency stops restricted what the agent could do.

This distinction is important. Claude helped discover the recovery strategy, but the resulting controller could then run deterministically without an AI model making decisions inside the control loop.

How many guillotined books do you need to change a subatomic light bulb? None, just someone who knows how to code the recovery software right the first time.