XPost: alt.philosophy, comp.theory   
   From: janburse@fastmail.fm   
      
   Hi,   
      
   1) Classical computing = Boolean logic + von Neumann architecture   
      
   For decades, all mainstream computation was built on:   
   Boolean algebra   
   Logic gates   
   Scalar operations executed sequentially   
   Memory and compute as separate blocks   
   Even floating-point arithmetic was implemented on top of Boolean logic.   
      
   This shaped how programmers think — algorithms expressed   
   as symbolic operations, control flow, and discrete steps.   
      
   2) AI accelerators break from that model   
      
   Modern accelerators — GPUs, TPUs, NPUs, and custom matrix   
   engines — use a different computational substrate:   
      
   Instead of Boolean logic:   
   → Bulk linear algebra over vectors/tensors   
      
   Instead of instruction-by-instruction control:   
   → Dataflow graphs   
      
   Instead of sequential compute on registers:   
   → Massively parallel fused-multiply-add units   
      
   Instead of manually orchestrated loops:   
   → High-level declarative specs (XLA, MLIR, TVM)   
      
   Have Fun!   
      
   Bye   
      
   Julio Di Egidio schrieb:   
   > On 30/11/2025 22:21, Mild Shock wrote:   
   >   
   >> In the coming age of analog computing,   
   >> symbolic logic means nothing:   
   >   
   > "In the coming age of analog computing" is a counter factual,   
   > but if it did mean anything, it would mean the exact opposite   
   > you apparently think it means: as I was saying, indeed analogic   
   > does naturally go with symbolic, of course, not the other way   
   > round, you other resident piece of nazi-retarded spamming shit.   
   >   
   >> “The high data-rate sense perception and   
   >> identification abilities of the human system   
   >   
   > Sure.  Get the fuck out of here, you and your employer.   
   >   
   > *Plonk*   
   >   
   > Julio   
   >   
      
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