The algorithm drawn from the minds of gamers is doing what supercomputers cannot.
It’s a new, incredibly powerful tool for quantum physics. And it’s tucked away inside the brains of video gamers.
A team of Danish physicists led by Jens Jakob Sørensen at Aarhus University in Denmark is using the intuition and grit of video gamers to solve a suite of complex quantum physics problems beyond the ability of even our best supercomputers.
The physicists are harnessing gamer brains using their new video game, Quantum Moves. In the game, players tinker with speed-trial puzzles that use the bizarre rules of quantum physics, where particles can act as probabilistic waves. You can download Quantum Moves right now on your computer or mobile device.
“Players solve a very complex problem by creating simple strategies. Where a computer goes through all available options, players automatically search for a solution that intuitively feels right,” says Jacob Sherson, a physicist with the team. “In a sense we are downloading our common intuition.”
Read the full article by William Herkewitz on popularmechanics.com
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a20384/the-video-game-creating-quantum-physics-breakthroughs/
