Speculative computer engineering
Probabilistic bit (p-bit)
A computational primitive that flickers between 0 and 1 states according to programmable probability distributions rather than deterministic binary values, tuned by bias and tilt parameters
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AI Scaling Requires Fundamental Hardware Paradigm Shift
Current approaches to AI scaling - simply building larger data centers with more GPUs and nuclear power plants - are unsustainable and insufficient for achieving human-level AI.
Thermodynamic Computing Is Rebranded Quantum Computing
Despite Extropic's insistence on distinguishing their technology from quantum computing, thermodynamic computing using p-bits, Josephson junctions, and probability distributions is fundamentally similar to quantum...