Thermodynamic Computing Promises Energy-Efficient AI Images
2026-01-28 18:03 UTC
Thermodynamic computing uses physical circuits that changes in response to noise, such random thermal fluctuations in the environment, to perform low-energy computations. A recent spate of experiments, theories and prototype hardware have shown it’s especially good at randomization tasks, and may be equally good at diffusion model tasks (e.g. image generation) in the future.
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@just_another_person@lemmy.world 2026-01-28 18:30
This again? 🙄
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@Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 2026-01-28 19:03
Always remember the second law of thermodynamics.
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@Deestan@lemmy.world 2026-01-28 19:33
What if Z was X? This thing looks like it can do okay on Q. It may be good at Z in the future! Headline: “Thing does X!”