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Replicating quantum teleportation with bi-stable drawings

Determine whether it is possible to use three bi-stable reversible figure drawings (e.g., Necker cube or Rubin vase) to reproduce the quantum teleportation protocol such that the observer at the destination perceives the same shape as the observer at the source, and, if possible, construct a concrete scheme achieving this within the constraints of the optical-illusion analogy.

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Background

The paper proposes using bi-stable reversible optical illusions to illustrate quantum concepts such as superposition, collapse, complementarity, and entanglement. In this analogy, the random perception of one of two mutually exclusive shapes corresponds to measurement outcomes of a qubit in superposition.

For quantum teleportation, the author explains the standard protocol, including the need for a pre-shared entangled pair (the quantum channel) and a classical communication step to resolve the correlation sign. While bi-stable drawings effectively convey aspects of entanglement and the idea that teleportation does not transport a physical object, the author explicitly notes an unresolved challenge: crafting a scheme with three bi-stable drawings that makes the destination observer perceive the same shape as the source observer in a way that faithfully mirrors the teleportation protocol.

References

I have not found a way to use three bi-stable drawings to replicate the teleportation protocol and get to perceive in the drawing at destination the same shape perceived in the drawing to be transferred. This probably goes beyond the power of the proposed analogy.

Explaining Quanta with Optical Illusions (2501.08583 - Causi, 2 Jan 2025) in Section "Quantum Teleportation" (final paragraph)