What If Computing Is Not About Computing?

Thursday, November 12, 2026

Modern AI processors can perform extraordinary numbers of calculations. But what happens when information cannot reach them fast enough? The third article in *The Age of Light — Rethinking Intelligence* explores why moving data, rather than processing it, may become one of computing’s greatest challenges—and how light could offer new possibilities.

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Artificial Intelligence Thinks Differently

Friday, November 6, 2026

Artificial intelligence relies on mathematics, but the same calculations can be performed through different physical processes. What changes when light, rather than electronic circuits, helps process information? ‘The Age of Light’ explores how mathematics and physics together could open new possibilities for computing.

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New Edition of The Age of Light

Thursday, November 5, 2026

For decades, the human brain has shaped how we understand artificial intelligence. The comparison has been remarkably useful, but could it now be limiting our perspective? The revised second edition of ‘The Age of Light’ invites readers to reconsider intelligence through its physical foundations.

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