During periods of rapid change, it appears as if time is moving faster while the clock is just ticking away. In nature, time serves as a measurement of change and depending on the process, varies widely. A closer look into the flow of time, and Chaos Theory, shows how small changes can have big impacts on complex systems, making their behavior unpredictable, known as the butterfly effect.
In nature, this means that even tiny variations in initial conditions, like the weather or animal populations, can lead to vastly different outcomes over time. For example, a slight change in temperature can dramatically alter weather patterns. While these systems follow underlying rules, their outcomes are so sensitive to initial conditions that they appear random and chaotic. Chaos theory helps us understand and describe these unpredictable patterns in the natural world….
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The Future of Computing
Jensen Huang summarizes computing in 2024 has been reduced into fractions of its cost and increased by a million times faster in the last ten years. Allowing AI computing progress to be defined in months rather than years.
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