Joseph Jacks says AI needs a new computing paradigm beyond transistors and transformers
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-07-21
Joseph Jacks argues that AI needs a fundamentally different computational paradigm — not based on transistors and not based on transformers.
He says he has spent the last year working on an unannounced effort in this direction, while also cheering on other efforts led by people such as @GillVerd, @NaveenGRao, and @evelovesolive. His core claim is that there will never be a single “most efficient” approach, so the field must move beyond today’s hardware/software stack as fast as possible.
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