I am interested in complexity, self-emergence, ALife. I think these issues will profile the future of computing.
"Currently,
genetic programming, genetic algorithms, artificial life is
massively making use of random number generators. Unfortunately,
to generate every single random number, I am using up the 5
million transistors in my computer for a considerable fraction of
a second. However sometimes nature seems to use, instead of
random numbers, chaotic series that emerge as a naive property of
dimensions at which you are faced with quantum effects. I hope
that someday we will be able to use tiny molecules, atoms or
properties of light to generate flash speed chaotic series
instead of expensive random number generators. Thus, a hardware
optimized for evolutionary systems can be beyond our imagination
in speed and efficiency. Think of the seeming adaptation power
and intelligence of ecosystems coupled with such speed. In
"2001 Space Odyssey" Arthur C. Clark imagined the self
conscious computer HAL covering the walls of the control room of
the shape ship Discovery with huge modules. I thing HAL will be a
pocket computer."
A system based on evolution might be able to generate smart designs (i.e. Nature). In the future, when the greedy random number needs of the genetic algorithms can be satisfied by chaotic series via quantum properties of micro design, the speed of evolutionary systems will be beyond our imagination, far surpassing the speed that can be possible by massive parallelism only.
The challenge is there waiting to be solved. I will be pleased if you comment on my thoughts about facing this challenge, which is also my PhD thesis work at Bogazici University, Computer Engineering Department.
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I am also maintaining Concept Space to collect little drips of thought".
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