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How to make qubits speak

arXiv 2107.06776 ↗First posted 2 Jul 2021quant-ph cs.CLcited by 5

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Abstract (arXiv)

This is a story about making quantum computers speak, and doing so in a quantum-native, compositional and meaning-aware manner. Recently we did question-answering with an actual quantum computer. We explain what we did, stress that this was all done in terms of pictures, and provide many pointers to the related literature. In fact, besides natural language, many other things can be implemented in a quantum-native, compositional and meaning-aware manner, and we provide the reader with some indications of that broader pictorial landscape, including our account on the notion of compositionality. We also provide some guidance for the actual execution, so that the reader can give it a go as well.

Key facts. Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Builds on 27 of its 67 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 2 Jul 2021.

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Citing papers per year: 2021: 2; 2022: 0; 2023: 2; 2024: 0; 2025: 1.

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  1. 2021The Dawn of Quantum Natural Language Processingcited by 60
  2. 2021Compositionality as we see it, everywhere around uscited by 11
  3. 2023Distilling Text into Circuitscited by 7
  4. 2023Learning Quantum Processes with Memory -- Quantum Recurrent Neural Networkscited by 1
  5. 2025Quantum Concept Music Score from Quantum Picturalism: Musical Incarnation of a Bell-Pair under Measurementscited by 0