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2026-06-25 12:34 UTC
@typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt Also see Asimov's "The Last Question"
"By the year 2061, two technicians ask Multivac, the supercomputer that powers human civilization, whether entropy can be reversed. The computer responds that it lacks sufficient data to answer. As millennia pass, humanity continues to pose this same question to ever more advanced computers— Each time, the response remains unchanged..."
https://www.unsoft.com/shortstory/lastquestionasimov.pdf
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@F100@mastodon.social 2026-06-25 14:16
@typeswitch@gamedev.lgbt if you ask Maple AI the same question: **Short answer:** No — in a truly isolated (closed) system the total entropy cannot be made to decrease; it can only stay the same (in an ideal reversible process) or increase. **Why the law is so robust** | Aspect | What the second law says | How it applies to “reversing” entropy | |--------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------| | **Thermodynamic definition** | ΔS ≥ 0 for any spontaneous change… #ai #maple