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Re:Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday April 30, 2025 @10:37PM (#43853174)
You don't think we know how to construct an analog computer? We have decades of experience designing analog computers to run fire control systems for large guns.

https://maritime.org/doc/firecontrol/index.php

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Re:Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots by stefanka on Thursday May 01, 2025 @04:45AM (#43855110)
We have also a pretty decent amount of experience with (pulse/spiking) artificial neural networks in analog hardware, e.g. [1]. Very Energy efficient but yet hard to scale.

[1] https://www.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/Veroeffentlichungen/detail...

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Re:Reversible computing with mechanical links and pivots by hermitShell on Thursday May 01, 2025 @08:35PM (#43864957)
That’s a very cool abstract, thanks. I suppose it’s the plasticity that poses a pretty serious challenge.

Anyway, if this kind of computer was so great maybe we should just encourage people to employ the human reproduction system to make more.

There’s a certain irony of critics of current AI. Yes, these systems lack certain capabilities that humans possess, it’s true! Maybe we should make sure we keep it that way?

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