analog computing

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 20, 2023 by George Hotz · across every show →

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Jun 20, 2023 negative
Opinion
Hotz: Analog computing for AI won't work and clockless chips aren't practical
“Analog computing just won't work. And clockless computing sure, it might work in theory, but your ETA tools are, maybe AIs will be able to design clockless chips, but not humans.”
George Hotz Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 7:50 Ep 18: Petaflops to the People — with George Hotz of tinycorp
Feb 12, 2026 bearish
Insight
Jeff Dean: Analog computing loses power advantages at digital boundaries
“I mean, I think there's still a, there's also sort of the more exotic things like analog based computing substrates as opposed to digital ones. I'm, you know, I think those are super interesting cause they can be potentially low power. but I think you often …”
Jeff Dean Feb 12, 2026 ▶ 41:23 The AI Frontier: from Gemini 3 Deep Think distilling to Flash — Jeff Dean
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