Terminator857 t1_j9qhf4x wrote on February 23, 2023 at 9:05 PM

Reply to comment by quantummufasa in Been reading Ray Kurzweil’s book “The Singularity is Near”. What should I read as a prerequisite to comprehend it? by Golfer345

For a thinking machine a smaller machine is more efficient than a larger machine, so yes quantum effects are very relevant and used in design of today's microchips. For example: the problem of quantum tunnelling.

quantummufasa t1_j9qzvt1 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 11:01 PM

For microchips yes, but is it relevant for neurons?

Terminator857 t1_j9rf3ht wrote on February 24, 2023 at 12:47 AM

I thought the context was artificial neurons, which are executed in microchips.

quantummufasa t1_j9rnn14 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 1:51 AM

One transistor is loosely analogous to one neuron but definitely not the same.

But then to have enough transistors to simulate all the neurons needed you will need to consider quantum effects to design them, nvm.