QTrainerAI & QTurkAI Instructions

How to set up your account and run sessions in QTrainer and QTurk.

1. Sign Up

Your QTrainer account also works for QTurk and the community forum — no separate signups are needed.

1. Go to qtrainer.ai/login and click the Register tab.
2. Fill in your Full Name, Email, and a Password (minimum 8 characters — 1 upper case, 1 lower case letter, 1 number and 1 special character).
3. Click Create Account. You will receive a confirmation message.
4. Check your inbox for a verification email from QTrainer and click the link.

Note: The verification link expires in 24 hours. If the email doesn't arrive, check your spam folder.

Once verified, your account is active on the Free tier.

2. Log In

Your session stays active for 30 days unless you log out or clear your cookies.

1. Go to qtrainer.ai/login.
2. Enter your email and password, then click Login.
3. You will land on the QTrainer main interface.

Forgot your password? Click Forgot password? on the login page to request a reset email (the reset link expires in 1 hour).

3. Paid Level

QTrainerAI and QTurkAI are currently free during the testing period — every new account starts on the Free tier. The Paid tier raises trial caps, adds more QRNG channels per trial (so each trial draws on more quantum data), and adds the ability to book dedicated QRNG hardware time. It is the exact same core application — the Free tier lets you fully exercise the system.

4. QTrainerAI — Training and Calibration

QTrainer is our calibration and training application at qtrainer.ai/trainer. Its purpose is to run repeatable QRNG-backed sessions with real-time feedback and saved metrics.

The Three Temporal Focuses

At the bottom of the application screen, you will see three buttons representing the temporal focuses you can train for:

• Present: Run a live-outcome training session.
• Past: Run a session framed around already existing but hidden information.
• Future: Run a session framed around a future binary outcome.

Pick a mode before starting a session. You can change it between sessions.

Running a Session

1. Pick a Temporal Focus (Present / Past / Future).
2. Pick an Aim: A means increase matches; B means decrease matches.
3. Perform a trial by clicking the left mouse button, or hold down the space bar for a continuous series of trials.

As each trial completes:

• The gauge moves toward the result of the trial (A towards the top, B toward the bottom).
• Auditory feedback produces a high tone for A or a low tone for B.
• A trend line indicates an upward or downward trend.
• The combined-BU posterior, session rate, estimated information rate, and p-value update live.
• 17 Advanced Processing Methods process every trial in parallel, and their outputs are combined by Surprisal-Value-weighted Bayesian Updating.

Click Reset Session to start over, or let trials accumulate to observe how the session metrics change.

What to Notice

• The auditory feedback gives single-trial feedback, while the trend line and the gauge show both immediate and cumulative results.
• Session statistics show the Combined BU posterior, session rate, estimated information rate, number of trials, and p-value.

When You Are Done

• Your session is automatically saved to your History. You can review past sessions at qtrainer.ai/stats.
• The Session Statistics section includes a Download CSV button to save your raw results.
• The Clear button clears the CSV data from the present session.

5. QTurkAI — Asking a Question

QTurkAI (at qtrainer.ai/qturk) is our binary-question workflow. Ask any question with two possible, opposite answers and run a session that records the resulting metrics.

Starting a Question

On the setup screen, fill in:

• Your question. (Example: Will SPX go up in the next hour?)
• Answer pair: Pick a preset (Yes/No, Up/Down, High/Low, etc.) or select Custom to type your own labels into A Label and B Label. These labels will appear when you REVEAL the results.
• Temporal Focus:
  • Past: The question refers to information that exists now but is hidden.
  • Future: The question refers to a future binary outcome.
• Streams: How many QRNG channels to use per trial (3, 7, or 13). More streams use more QRNG observations per trial. (Paid tier unlocks higher stream counts.)
• Likelihood: The model parameter used for Bayesian Updating. The range is 0.501 to 0.505 (default is 0.503). Treat this as a calibration setting, not a guaranteed personal result.

Click Begin Session.

Running Trials

The action screen shows:

• Your question across the top.
• A Trials counter.
• A gauge that moves up or down as the session posterior changes.
• A CLICK OR HOLD SPACE prompt. Click the left mouse button for a single trial, or hold the space bar for a series of trials.
• Auditory feedback provides a single tone with its volume proportional to the trial posterior.

Conduct trials (typically 20–200) until the session has enough data for your use case. More trials generally stabilize the displayed metrics.

Action Buttons

• STEP BACK: Undoes the most recent trial if you are not satisfied for any reason.
• RESET: Starts over with the exact same question and settings.
• SAVE: Saves the current session to your History so you can resume later. Click Resume on a saved session in History to pick up exactly where you left off.
• REVEAL: Ends the session and discloses the selected label. The gauge direction is mapped to one of your two labels, and a confidence label (LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH) is shown. After Reveal, the session is archived to history and cannot be edited.

History and Trash

At qtrainer.ai/qturk/history you will see every past session. Each card shows the question, the revealed answer, trial count, posterior, and p-value. Unfinished sessions appear with a Saved tag and a Resume button.

Each card also has a Delete button. Deleted sessions move to the Trash tab — they are not gone forever. From Trash, you can Restore a session back to Active, or Permanently Delete it (cannot be undone).

When the Session Feels "Stuck"

If trials keep coming but the gauge barely moves, the session is not producing a strong directional result for that specific question. Options:

• Add more trials.
• Click RESET and try again; every session and every trial processes new independent QRNG entropy.
• SAVE the session, come back to it later, and Resume.

6. QTurkAI Numbers

QTurkAI Numbers (at qtrainer.ai/qturk-numbers) is the private-lab number-selection workflow. It uses the same session structure as QTurkAI, but the setup defines a numeric range and how many numbers should be selected.

Starting a Numbers Session

On the setup screen, fill in:

• Numbers Question: A short description of the draw or target condition.
• Set Range: The lowest and highest eligible numbers.
• How Many Numbers to Choose: The number of selections to reveal at the end of the session.
• Temporal Focus: Present, Past, or Future, depending on the target condition.
• Streams and Likelihood: The same calibration controls used by QTurkAI.

Click Begin Session. The action screen then tracks trials, the working gauge, and an Ir display in bits per second.

Running and Revealing

• Click once for a single trial, or hold the space bar for continuous trials.
• SAVE stores the current session so it can be resumed from History.
• RESET starts the same number-selection setup over from zero trials.
• REVEAL ends the session and displays the selected numbers. After Reveal, the session is archived to History and cannot be edited.

Information Rate

Ir is the displayed information-rate metric for the current session. It is a measurement output from the configured session and trial stream, not a guarantee that any single session will produce a strong answer. Compare sessions by looking at trial count, Ir, posterior movement, p-value, and whether repeated sessions stay consistent.

7. Running Cleaner Sessions

Formatting the Question

a. Question Formatting is Critical

The question should be simple, direct, and unambiguous. Define the target condition before starting the session.

• If the question is complex, break it down into simpler sub-questions. Each sub-question must have exactly two definable, mutually exclusive answers.
• Shorten and simplify the wording of the question as much as possible.

b. Example Question Breakdown

Original complex question: "Will SPX go up or down in the next hour, and will it be a little or a lot?"

Break this into two sub-questions:

1. Will SPX go up or down in the next hour?
2. Will it move a little or a lot?

c. Simplify and Format Each Sub-Question

Sub-Question 1 Formats:

• Will SPX go up in the next hour? (Yes / No)
• What direction will SPX move in the next hour? (Up / Down)

Select the variation that is easiest for you to visualize.

Sub-Question 2 Formats:

• Will SPX move more or less than 10 points in the next hour? (More / Less)
• Will the SPX change be large or small? (Large / Small)

Note: If using subjective terms like Large/Small, establish a strict mental threshold for what constitutes "Large" before beginning the trial.

d. Recombine to Answer the Original Question

Answer the two sub-questions independently, then combine them.

Example: If the two revealed labels are "Up" and "Large," the final operational answer is: SPX will go up a lot in the next hour.

e. Note on Sequential Probabilities

The final probability of a combined, multi-part question is lower than the probability of each individual sub-question when the sub-questions are independent. In that case, multiply the individual posteriors to estimate the combined probability.

Operator Guidance

For cleaner records, keep sessions short, repeatable, and easy to compare.

• Practice Frequently: Use QTrainerAI to collect comparable sessions. Set Aim A and Aim B for about equal amounts of time, and also test Past and Future temporal focuses.
• Compare Sessions: Look for patterns across saved sessions instead of over-interpreting a single run.
• Pace Your Trials: Start at a rate of about one trial per second. If you move too quickly, session quality and operator focus may decline.
• Maintain Clear Intent: Relax, but remain clearly present with the visualized or intended outcome so the session condition is consistent.
• Manage Fatigue: Long active sessions can become noisy as attention drops. Experienced users should limit active sessions to about 15 minutes; new users should limit them to 5 to 10 minutes.
• Mind Your Physical State: If you feel unwell, distracted, upset, or too tired, pause and come back later.

8. Troubleshooting

• Didn't receive verification email: Check your spam folder.
• "Email already registered": Use the Login tab; reset your password if needed.
• Session says "busy, try again" on save: A background process was completing when you clicked save. Wait a few seconds and click Save again.
• Resume button is missing: Sessions you have Revealed cannot be resumed. Only sessions you have Saved can be resumed.
• QTurk Numbers redirects to QTurkAI: QTurkAI Numbers is a private-lab workflow. Your account must have private-lab access.
• Lost a session after delete: Check the Trash tab and click Restore.
• For account or billing issues: Email [email protected].