I recall seeing some literature on a concept called “reversible computing” that seemed to be about this too. I guess that’s the synthesis side of power efficiency analysis.
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Reversible computing builds on the realization that entropy results from deleting bits. By building gates that permute bits only, you may be more efficient (but you'll still have to flush out the superfluous bits at some point). Best effort computing is largely unrelated.
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You may really enjoy this short introduction to the ideas of Best Effort Computing by Steve Ackleyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4flQ8XdvJM …
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Or his brother Dave
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omg sorry!!!
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Thanks for spreading the word!
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That was very interesting. Do you have thoughts on actually cashing out the robustness gains via design of cheap+crappy chips that can be composed to deliver the performance/endurance of more expensive ones?
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the more I dig into this stuff the more I feel like it's what blockchain should actually be
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eg, instead of depending on mathematical proofs that can have security holes and only have guarantees when certain assumptions are met (51% power held by good actors), you have a system that can recover from attacks and can evolve for more uses
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Yes. Cryptography is a poster child for the value of deterministic execution in theory -- and the cost of trusting it in practice.
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The minds of most people are subjugated by cults because individual human brains are very bad at even simple proofs. Our societies are essentially run by mind viruses that evolved due to poor mental integrity, with our firewalls mostly checking for signatures of competing viruses
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I feel like depending on definitions of terms here I could either agree or disagree with you with the same amount of enthusiasm
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