Modern computers provide quite a lot of possibilities for simulating a variety of situations. However, any calculations will be somewhat “linear”, since they obey clearly defined algorithms and cannot deviate from them. And this system does not allow simulating complex mechanisms in which randomness is an almost constant phenomenon. It's about simulating life. And what device would allow you to do this? Quantum computer! It was on one of these IBM machines that the largest project to simulate quantum life was launched.
According to the editorial staff of Scientific Reports, the use of a quantum computer allows you to add unpredictability to existing algorithms, which will allow you to more fully simulate complex processes.
Using an IBM QX4 quantum computer, the researchers encoded the properties of quantum life, consisting of 2 qubits. 1 is a genotype (that is, a set of genes that affect the development of certain traits and is transmitted from generation to generation). 2 is a phenotype (an external manifestation of a trait, for example, hair color). Further, these functions were programmed, like all similar algorithms for simulating life, but with one difference: random changes appeared using quantum states.
Scientists are now busy expanding the functionality of the algorithm to improve simulation capabilities. For example, the inclusion of gender characteristics or socio-behavioral reactions in it.
Vladimir Kuznetsov