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University of Pennsylvania researchers say their photonic chip that uses light instead of electricity, can radically cut down the energy consumption of AI and is commercially available for use now. (www.eurekalert.org)
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[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

human brains are the epitome of fuzzy math machines

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And have you seen what we've done with weapons for the entirety of our history?

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah so nothing will change

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Well we'd no longer be the dominant life form on the planet, and we'd get dealt a lot of our own medicine. So, quite a lot would change.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Uuuh fuzzy results?