Analog Computers

“Less than a decade after Shannon's paper, the great analog machine was effectively obsolete, replaced by digital computers that could do the same work literally a thousand times faster, answering questions in real time, driven by thousands of logic gates. The …”

“Analog computers were actually some of the first computers, and they worked really well. They were very efficient, but they couldn't be scaled up because of manufacturing variability.”

“I think today, you know, we're kind of in the analog computer phase of AI, where You know, ah, these systems, they output things. Errors compound. They're not very reliable.”