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RewindAgain@futurology.today to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 year ago

Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy. Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems.

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Light-Based Chips Could Help Slake AI’s Ever-Growing Thirst for Energy. Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems.

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RewindAgain@futurology.today to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 1 year ago
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Optical neural networks, which use photons instead of electrons, have advantages over traditional systems. They also face major obstacles.
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    Was going to say that phototransistors have existed for 70 years https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photodiode

    But… Then realized that you said optical (light as medium, not light controlling electricity).

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