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 · 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.

Lugh · 9 months ago

all of this is in fact very power costly, … and is likely to remain so.

I’m not sure how you arrived at that conclusion. The direct quotes from the actual researchers say the opposite.

@A_A · 9 months ago

and is likely to remain so.

Well, in fact I don’t care at all for that last statement of mine. So, if this is all you disagree about my reading of the article then it’s fair game for me.

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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