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@article{191800,
        author = {Achala Kumari},
        title = {Quantum computing and artificial intelligence: A Comparative and Synergistic Study},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {12},
        number = {no},
        pages = {155-164},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=191800},
        abstract = {The rapid evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Quantum Computing (QC) marks a defining transition in the history of computation. Both paradigms aim to transcend the classical boundaries of information processing, yet they originate from fundamentally distinct scientific foundations — one rooted in algorithmic learning, the other in quantum mechanics. AI, driven by the exponential growth of data and algorithmic sophistication, represents the pinnacle of classical digital intelligence. Quantum Computing, conversely, introduces a radically different model of computation that leverages superposition, entanglement, and quantum interference to achieve an unprecedented scale of parallelism.
Although AI and QC were conceived as independent technological frontiers, their trajectories are increasingly converging. AI now serves as a critical enabler in the development and stabilization of quantum systems — optimizing qubit calibration, mitigating decoherence, and designing quantum algorithms through automated discovery frameworks. Simultaneously, QC promises to revolutionize AI by drastically reducing the computational burden of large-scale training, enabling quantum-accelerated learning, and providing exponential improvements in optimization and reasoning tasks.
From a strategic standpoint, the intersection of AI and QC redefines not only computational performance but also epistemological boundaries — how knowledge is represented, learned, and inferred in a quantum-driven reality. Nations and industries that successfully integrate these paradigms are likely to dominate the emerging era of quantum-intelligent infrastructure, where computation, cognition, and physics coexist within a unified technological ecosystem.
This study therefore articulates a comparative and synergistic analysis of AI and QC. It emphasizes that AI and QC are not rival disciplines but complementary dimensions of the same evolutionary continuum — one representing the intelligence of computation, and the other, the computation of intelligence. Together, they form the blueprint for the next epoch of digital transformation, embodied in the concept of Quantum Artificial Intelligence (QAI) — a hybrid discipline capable of merging reasoning with quantum physical law to redefine the limits of machine intelligence.},
        keywords = {Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Quantum Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Machine Learning, Hybrid Computing, Emerging Technologies},
        month = {},
        }