Thermodynamic Computing — mentioned by plutonorm

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:37:11 GMT

This is a great step and all, but shouldn't we be being a little more adventurous? A unified understanding of computation and thermodynamics has the potential to enable systems that are vastly more capable. We are piddling around in the shallow end making incremental improvements. A few billion thrown in novel directions could reap extraordinary rewards. https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01968

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Thermodynamic Computing — mentioned by plutonorm

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:32:18 GMT

> For AGI, do you really think there are detailed proposals out there today that can achieve AGI but are only missing the computational power? Yes, I really do. It's neural networks, nothing more. All that is required is more power. Despite its lower power the brain is much more computationally powerful than even the largest supercomputers. Although it is not necessary, imo, to have a much more efficient computing substrate to achieve GAI, there is work in this direction. Look into optical reservoir computing. Or more generally thermodynamic computing. https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01968 Machine…

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Thermodynamic Computing — mentioned by plutonorm

Thermodynamic Computing — mentioned by plutonorm