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I read in The Singularity is Near (by Kurzweil) something about if you can make computation reversible then it won't take/use any energy and thus it won't creat
by anonymoushero 4y ago
I read in The Singularity is Near (by Kurzweil) something about if you can make computation reversible then it won't take/use any energy and thus it won't create any heat. Could this be the way to that?
- bbddg 4y agoYes it is.
- hackernewds 4y agohow is that possible? breaks the laws of thermodynamics
- layer8 4y agoThe second law is only a statistical law. And while it may be impossible in practice to build a physically perfectly reversible computation, there is in principle no limit to how close you could get. Reversible computing is a scientific topic of research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_computing
- elevaet 4y agoThis is similar to how I reverse aging by walking backwards. Works like a charm! /s
- jecel 4y agoReversible computing[1] allows us to use less energy than the von Neumann–Landauer limit of kT ln(2) energy dissipated per irreversible bit operation (note that our current technology is still many orders of magnitude from this limit). It does not reduce the energy requirements to zero. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_computing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_computing