Archive · 30 Nov 2025
AI May Miss Hidden Order in Systems
Prof. Shantanav Chakraborty and his team found that AI and quantum computers might miss hidden patterns in systems that seem random.
They studied a phenomenon called deep thermalisation, where parts of a quantum system behave randomly.
The team showed that even powerful quantum computers can't tell the difference between these states and truly random ones.
This means that the randomness we see might not be because the universe is messy, but because our machines can't detect the hidden order.
This research is important for technologies like secure banking systems and future AI tools, as it shows that their limits might be due to our inability to see the patterns, not because the systems are truly chaotic.
AI and quantum computers may miss hidden patterns in seemingly random systems.
Research connects these limits to deep thermalisation, a phenomenon in quantum experiments.
Shallow, local quantum circuits can create states that appear random to powerful quantum computers.
The leftover parts of measured quantum systems still look random, indicating computational limits.
Implications suggest that the randomness observed in technologies might be due to our inability to detect hidden order.
- Who
- Prof. Shantanav Chakraborty and his research team
- What
- Research on AI's inability to detect hidden patterns in quantum systems
- When
- Published in Physical Review Letters (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- International Institute of Information Technology-Hyderabad (IIIT-H) and collaborating institutions
- Why
- To understand the limits of AI and quantum technologies in detecting hidden order in seemingly random systems
- Research Lead
- Prof. Shantanav Chakraborty, IIIT-Hyderabad
- Publication
- Physical Review Letters
- Collaborators
- Soonwon Choi (MIT), Soumik Ghosh (University of Chicago), Tudor Giurgică-Tiron (University of Maryland)
- Key Phenomenon
- Deep thermalisation in quantum systems
- Implications
- Potential limits in AI, secure banking, and navigation tools