Glossary
Born Machine
by Frank Zickert
A **Born Machine** is a quantum-inspired probabilistic model that generates data by sampling from a probability distribution defined by a quantum wavefunction. The probabilities come from the **Born rule**, which states that the likelihood of an outcome equals the squared magnitude of the wavefunction’s amplitude. In practice, it uses quantum states or their simulations to model complex data distributions that are difficult for classical systems to represent.