#til that analog #AI is a thing!

Turns out that using Ohm's and Kirchhoff's laws to multiply-and-accumulate in an analog circuit requires less energy than within a digital circuit.
Training in analog is a different story, though...

https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.01981
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-intelligence/startup-and-academics-find-path-to-powerful-analog-ai?utm_source=roboticsnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=roboticsnews-08-04-20&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRjNU1XUmlaV1E1TkRNeCIsInQiOiJMcjBHZ05RdVwvV0pzbkFEMEltcTIzK25cL28zdUNMSTc4aGlcL1ZLeHVjNEZGRlFPbjlUSUI1dVkxTVdkZzBDWmpXa0R2OERIbTZcL09Kelo0bERDTVpEQ2VLN20rUHJRT296T1p1bUJubnI5NXRUXC95b0JQYzBOUTY5QmsxV0pYc2hLIn0%3D