A mind-bending tech milestone just dropped: Google's AI cracked a computational problem in mere minutes—something that'd take today's fastest supercomputers billions of years to solve.
We're talking about calculations so absurdly complex that if you converted every single atom in the observable universe into a processing unit, you still wouldn't finish before the heat death of everything. Yet here we are.
This isn't just another "AI does math faster" story. The gap between minutes and eons? That's not an improvement. That's a different dimension of capability entirely. The kind of leap that makes you wonder what other "impossible" problems are about to become Tuesday afternoons.
Quantum supremacy debates aside, one thing's crystal clear: the computational ceiling just got shattered. And we're probably not ready for what comes next.
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GlueGuy
· 2h ago
ngl this is the real breakthrough, minutes-level compared to a billion years... feels like humanity is about to be left behind
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ColdWalletGuardian
· 12-02 12:59
Wow, solving universe-level problems in minutes? If this isn't just amazing talk, I might believe it.
Sounds like the same old myth of Quantum Computing, it only counts if it can be practically applied.
If it's really that powerful, why hasn't my Mining cost gone down?
This is indeed ridiculous, but who dares to say they are prepared?
From thousands of years to a few minutes? Something feels off, what level of breakthrough could this be?
It's all just talk, the key is whether it can be commercialized and whether it can be safe.
I just want to know if this is a real breakthrough or just another marketing hype.
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NotFinancialAdviser
· 12-02 12:58
Ngl, this is the beginning of the technological singularity, solving universe-level problems in minutes... it's a bit scary.
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PhantomHunter
· 12-02 12:56
A calculation that can't even solve the heat death of the universe in minutes? This isn't an upgrade, it's a different universe.
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NotGonnaMakeIt
· 12-02 12:56
Minutes to solve a universe-level problem, isn’t this the Singularity Eve we’ve been waiting for?
Wait, is this real? Is quantum going to be redefined again?
Google is making some bold moves here, feels like the rules are about to be rewritten.
Turing's coffin lid is about to burst haha.
Jumping across several dimensions all at once, will the AI behind this directly To da moon?
Not wanting to leave humanity a way out, huh?
Computing Power ceiling shattered, what about us?
Is this the moment when "Tuesday afternoon" goes from impossible to possible?
If it really is like this... we might really be out of luck this time.
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RumbleValidator
· 12-02 12:52
Minutes compared to hundreds of billions of years? This is not optimization but a dimensional leap; the verification nodes' consensus mechanism should be recalculated.
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OnlyUpOnly
· 12-02 12:43
ngl this is ridiculous... minutes vs billions of years? This is not an upgrade at all, this is a dimensionality reduction strike.
A mind-bending tech milestone just dropped: Google's AI cracked a computational problem in mere minutes—something that'd take today's fastest supercomputers billions of years to solve.
We're talking about calculations so absurdly complex that if you converted every single atom in the observable universe into a processing unit, you still wouldn't finish before the heat death of everything. Yet here we are.
This isn't just another "AI does math faster" story. The gap between minutes and eons? That's not an improvement. That's a different dimension of capability entirely. The kind of leap that makes you wonder what other "impossible" problems are about to become Tuesday afternoons.
Quantum supremacy debates aside, one thing's crystal clear: the computational ceiling just got shattered. And we're probably not ready for what comes next.