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German researchers have turned a fiber optic cable into a computational device that runs some AI models, using only light, better than silicon chips. (www.techradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 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.