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I was actually mucking with ChatGPT about possible "post-binary" architectures. Ternary computers were around almost 70 years ago, and first posited well over
by reaperducer 3mo ago
I was actually mucking with ChatGPT about possible "post-binary" architectures.
Ternary computers were around almost 70 years ago, and first posited well over 100 years ago.
Maybe ChatGPT isn't the best place to do research.
- Razengan 3mo agoMaybe your anti-AI knee-jerk training isn't the best model for writing HN comments. Did I say I wasn't aware of ternary you dumdum? Even if you want to be anal, ternary is still "post-binary" even if it came out 300 years ago.
- pezezin 3mo agoFor those who are not aware, Soviet scientists actually developed ternary computers back in the '50s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setun Ternary encodings are also popular for data transmission, for example both USB4 and GDDR7 use PAM-3 encoding.
- Razengan 3mo ago> Maybe ChatGPT isn't the best place to do research. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010345 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010345 There's nothing more cringe than a dumb person being judgmental