While one school of development in the Computer technology is working on transformation from the current Binary System of Classical Computing to the Quantum Computing where a bit can take the status of either o or 1 so that a Qubit based systems can process faster.
Now there is another school of thought that we can start using a “Ternary” system where a bit can assume a value of -1 or 0 or 1 instead of just 0 and 1. This means that two bits together can assume 9 values instead of 4 in the Binary system.
In terms of processing, a Quantum Computer can simultaneously process multiple super positioning states while Binary or Ternary computers can only process in finite 4 or 9 values at a time.
Thus it appears that storage wise, a ternary system is more efficient than quantum system and processing wise, quantum computing is faster.
At a time when we are trying to take on US in innovation, we need to therefore think how we can leverage this concept of “Ternary” chips.
It is reported that Huawei has already produced a Ternary Chip and India should also try to conduct its research in this direction.
In terms of certainty of data and its evidentiary value, Ternary chips are better than Qubits. On the other hand a Qubit has an uncertain value and is therefore not reliable as a data store.
In the AI scenario, uncertainty of bit level values in a Qubit can add a higher probability of “hallucination” making AI even more risky than it currently is. Hence a Ternary based AI system may be considered better than a Qubit based AI system.
Probably in future, the Classical computers may transit into Ternary/Trit chip Computing with Quantum Computing supporting the Ternary Computers with faster processing.
Bit, Trit and Qubit may be the three different types of computer storage units with which the future of computing may progress. The law needs to catch up with these technical developments as much as the developments of AI and Quantum computing.
Probably we need to debate this aspect in upcoming technology debates.
Naavi welcomes a debate in this direction.
Naavi
