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hunter

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7. It reminds me of tricks that were used to get 3D gaming effects on slow 8 and 16 bit computers.

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Sat Oct 19, 2024, 05:33 PM

Oct 2024

As with a lot of AI, these games didn't have to precisely reflect any physical model of reality, they just had to "look" right.

Of course "Natural Intelligence" may take such shortcuts too, which might partly explain why even highly intelligent people sometimes do stupid things.

It would be interesting to compare this energy efficient AI to an otherwise identical floating point or large integer AI.

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Integer addition algorithm could reduce energy needs of AI by 95% [View all] Jim__ Oct 2024 OP

Thanks. littlemissmartypants Oct 2024 #1

Screw AI -- how does this affect computational number theory and encryption ? eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 #2

I'm not sure why it would affect computational number theory and encryption. Jim__ Oct 2024 #3

Computational number theory does a great many giant-integer multiplies. The fastest way to do these ... eppur_se_muova Oct 2024 #4

It sounds like they may be obverse problems. Jim__ Oct 2024 #5

Encryption surely requires exact integer arithmetic, rather than approximate floating-point arithmetic muriel_volestrangler Oct 2024 #6

It reminds me of tricks that were used to get 3D gaming effects on slow 8 and 16 bit computers. hunter Oct 2024 #7