German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips.

Lugh@futurology.today · 9 months ago

German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips.

Exocrinous · 9 months ago

It wouldn’t lower people’s quality of life. People who live in medium density neighbourhoods and ride bikes to work have better lives. They sleep better because it’s quiet, breathe better because there’s less pollution, don’t need to go to the gym, and get plenty of sun. Plus, no road rage. If you take public transit, you can read a book on the train. What I’m describing is the way life is supposed to be.

German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips.

German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips.

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