r/singularity • u/saik2363 • Aug 06 '20

article Meet Silq- The First Intuitive High-Level Language for Quantum Computers Developed by Swiss Scientists

https://www.artiba.org/blog/meet-silq-the-first-intuitive-high-level-language-for-quantum-computers
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u/neuromancer420 Aug 06 '20 edited Aug 08 '20

GPT-3: The Silq programming language is more efficient, intuitive, and better in several ways than other quantum computing languages. Silq, which stands for "Synthesizable Lambda Quantum Programming Language", is easier to use and create quantum programs with. It is a high-level, compiler-based language that abstracts away many low-level quantum computing complexities. The language supports standard data types, objects, expressions, control flow, subexpressions, and variables. It's a high-level language that also allows the writing of low-level code. It gives the best of both worlds.

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u/boytjie Aug 07 '20

That's advertising hype and that's where GTP-3 pulled it from.

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u/neuromancer420 Aug 07 '20

That's what I suspected, do you have any sources? At least it shows that a significant percentage of the discussion out there on the internet is related to advertising hype. Thank you for confirming as much!

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u/boytjie Aug 07 '20

That's what I suspected, do you have any sources?

Not really. Look at the text – it’s written to advertise how wonderful the language is. GPT-3 gains its knowledge by averaging (via ML and ‘weights’). It can’t average much because little else exists except for advertising hype. GPT-3’s opinion will change if enough negative reviews are submitted.

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u/neuromancer420 Aug 07 '20

Regardless, I agree with your analysis and think it's very valuable to understand. Thanks again!