The present invention provides devices, methods, and systems for coupling a rational agent to a quantum process. In particular, the present invention provides rational agents configured to influence a quantum process, or to derive information from a quantum process, and methods and uses thereof
Please help me write a proper abstract based on the patent claims. CLAIM: 1-20. (canceled) 21. A system, comprising: a component configured to produce an output comprising a sequence of bits corresponding to an amplification of a quantum process, wherein the sequence of bits comprises two or more types of bits; a component configured to receive selection input from an artificial intelligence agent, wherein the selection input includes an action selected by the artificial intelligence agent from two or more actions available to the artificial intelligence agent, and wherein each of the two or more actions directly corresponds to a first type of the two or more types of bits; a component configured to perform the action that corresponds to the first type of bit for each occurrence of the first type of bit in a portion of the bit sequence; and a component configured to detect a statistical deviation between a deterministic sequence of bits and the sequence of bits corresponding to the amplification of the quantum process. 22. The system of claim 21, further comprising a quantum random number generator component, wherein the quantum random number generator component is configured to provide the sequence of bits to the hardware device. 23. The system of claim 21, wherein the selection input is received from the artificial intelligence agent in an absence of electrical or mechanical feedback from the artificial intelligence agent. 24. The system of claim 21 wherein the artificial intelligence agent is configured to rank two or more of the actions available to the artificial intelligence based on an algorithmically-predicted quality of each of the two or more actions to determine a higher-ranked action and a lower-ranked action. 25. The system of claim 21 further comprising a component configured to perform the action that corresponds to a second type of bit for each occurrence of the second type of bit in the portion of the bit sequence. 26. The system of claim 21 wherein the artificial intelligence agent is a computer program stored in a memory on the hardware device. 27. The system of claim 21 further comprising a component configured to perform the action that corresponds to the first type of bit based on a predetermined desirability of an outcome of the action to the artificial intelligence agent. 28. The system of claim 21, further comprising: a Geiger counter, wherein the sequence of bits is indicative of radioactivity detected by the Geiger counter. 29. The system of claim 21 wherein the sequence of bits is indicative of noise detected from a noise source. 30. The system of claim 29 wherein further comprising a component configured to detect an increase of a signal to noise ratio of noise received from the noise source. 31. A computer-readable storage device storing computer usable program code executable to perform operations for determining an alteration of a quantum process by an artificial intelligence agent, the operations comprising: receiving a sequence of bits that is indicative of a quantum process, wherein the sequence of bits comprises a first type of bit and a second type of bit; receiving selection input from an artificial intelligence agent, wherein the selection input corresponds to an action selectable by the artificial intelligence agent from two or more actions available to the artificial intelligence agent; associating the selected action with the first type of bit; performing the action that corresponds to the first type of bit for each occurrence of the first type of bit in a first portion of the sequence of bits; and determining a statistical deviation between the first portion of the sequence of bits and a statistically-expected random outcome. 32. The computer-readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the operations further comprise: associating an unselected action of the two or more actions available to the artificial intelligence agent with the second type of bit; and performing the action that corresponds to the second type of bit for each occurrence of the second type of bit in the first portion of the sequence of bits. 33. The computer-readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the operations further comprise constructing a pseudorandom sequence of bits, and wherein determining the deviation comprises determining a difference in an entropy of the first portion of the sequence of bits and an entropy of the pseudorandom sequence of bits. 34. The computer-readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the operations further comprise providing an output from the sequence of bits to the artificial intelligence agent. 35. The computer-readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the operations further comprise providing the artificial intelligence agent an indication that the first type of bit corresponds to the action selected by the artificial intelligence agent. 36. The computer-readable storage device of claim 31, wherein the artificial intelligence agent is a decision-making computer program. 37. A method of evaluating an influence of an artificial intelligence agent on a quantum process, the method comprising: a) generating a bitstream indicative of the quantum process, wherein the quantum bitstream comprises two or more bits, including a first bit and at least a second bit pattern; b) performing a first task for each occurrence of the first bit in the quantum bitstream; c) performing the second task for each occurrence of the second bit in the quantum bitstream, wherein the first task is ranked higher than the second task based on a predetermined amount of desirability to the artificial intelligence agent of outcomes corresponding to performing the first and second tasks, respectively; d) generating a pseudo-random bitstream comprising two or more bit patterns; e) repeating steps a and b using the pseudo-random bitstream; and f) determining a difference of an entropy of the quantum bitstream and an entropy of the pseudo-random bitstream. 38. The method of claim 37, further comprising: presenting an output of the quantum bitstream and an output of the pseudo-random bitstream to the artificial intelligence agent. 39. The method of claim 37, wherein the operation of receiving the quantum bitstream comprises receiving a bitstream from a quantum random number generator configured to convert electrical signals indicative of a quantum process to corresponding bits of the quantum bitstream. 40. The method of claim 39 wherein the artificial intelligence agent comprises a computer program stored on a device separate from the quantum random number generator.