<s>
Quantum	B-General_Concept
artificial	I-General_Concept
life	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
quantum	B-Device
algorithms	I-Device
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
simulate	O
biological	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quantum	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
offer	O
many	O
potential	O
improvements	O
to	O
processes	O
performed	O
on	O
classical	O
computers	O
including	O
machine	O
learning	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
applications	O
are	O
often	O
inspired	O
by	O
our	O
own	O
brains	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
biomimicry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
can	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
implemented	O
to	O
a	O
certain	O
extent	O
on	O
classical	O
computers	O
(	O
using	O
neural	B-Architecture
networks	I-Architecture
)	O
,	O
but	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
offer	O
many	O
advantages	O
in	O
the	O
simulation	O
of	O
artificial	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artificial	O
life	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
are	O
extremely	O
similar	O
but	O
their	O
ambitions	O
differ	O
;	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
studying	O
artificial	O
life	O
is	O
to	O
understand	O
living	O
beings	O
better	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
is	O
to	O
create	O
intelligent	O
beings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Alvarez-Rodriguez	O
et	O
al	O
developed	O
a	O
proposal	O
for	O
a	O
quantum	B-General_Concept
artificial	I-General_Concept
life	I-General_Concept
algorithm	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
simulate	O
life	O
and	O
Darwinian	O
evolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
research	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Alvarez-Rodriguez	O
,	O
performed	O
the	O
proposed	O
algorithm	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	O
ibmqx4	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
received	O
optimistic	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
growing	O
advancement	O
of	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
has	O
led	O
researchers	O
to	O
develop	O
quantum	B-Device
algorithms	I-Device
for	O
simulating	O
life	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Researchers	O
have	O
designed	O
a	O
quantum	B-Device
algorithm	I-Device
that	O
can	O
accurately	O
simulate	O
Darwinian	O
Evolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
complete	O
simulation	O
of	O
artificial	O
life	O
on	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
has	O
only	O
been	O
actualized	O
by	O
one	O
group	O
,	O
this	O
section	O
shall	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
implementation	O
by	O
Alvarez-Rodriguez	O
,	O
Sanz	O
,	O
Lomata	O
,	O
and	O
Solano	O
on	O
an	O
IBM	O
quantum	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
presence	O
of	O
mutations	O
in	O
the	O
quantum	B-General_Concept
artificial	I-General_Concept
life	I-General_Concept
experiment	O
is	O
critical	O
for	O
providing	O
randomness	O
and	O
biodiversity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inclusion	O
of	O
mutations	O
help	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
accuracy	O
of	O
the	O
quantum	B-Device
algorithm	I-Device
.	O
</s>
