computation
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A system may perform highly sophisticated computations without possessing any subjective experience at all.
"We were able to measure what this change was exactly," he said, and make computations that could assist with future "planetary defense efforts."
From Barron's
Compared with GPUs, which were originally designed for gaming, engineers say the TPU is sometimes better suited for large volumes of AI computation that don’t require high precision.
"These are very sophisticated computations. They are exascale-level problems that our brains are capable of doing very cheaply."
From Science Daily
The satellite’s primary function would be to do computations on specialized chips, powered by solar panels in a “sun-synchronous orbit” that keeps them exposed 24/7 to the sun’s powerful rays.
From Los Angeles Times
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