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Quantum AI approach enhances LLM slow thinking via Grover interference

Researchers have proposed a novel approach to enhance large language models' slow thinking capabilities by leveraging quantum AI principles. This method, termed path-integral slow thinking, utilizes Grover interference to manage reasoning trajectories, allowing them to coexist in superposition and recombine before measurement. This technique aims to prevent policy collapse, a common issue in classical reinforcement learning where probability concentrates on a few successful paths, thereby eroding exploratory diversity. In simulations of a sliding puzzle, this quantum training method achieved significantly higher accuracy compared to classical controls, demonstrating its potential to preserve exploratory path diversity and convert it into verified performance. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more robust and diverse reasoning in AI models by preventing policy collapse in reinforcement learning.

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xiansheng Cai, Xiu-Hao Deng, Kun Chen ·

    Do Quantum AIs Dream in Paths? Path-Integral Slow Thinking through Grover Interference

    arXiv:2609.05842v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards enables large language models to think slowly, but the same training can induce policy collapse: probability concentrates onto a few successful trajectories and exploratory diversity …