Probabilistic Computing Can Lead To Breakthroughs In Artificial Intelligence

Can Probabilistic computing advance artificial intelligence and machine learning? According to a research by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, probabilistic computing is not new. But it is seeing renewed research because scientists are working to find ways to build chips that can handle errors and to a certain extent even imprecision. According to Intel CTO Mike Mayberry, the original wave of AI is based on logic and this is based on writing down rules — known as ‘classical reasoning’. In probabilistic computing, the energy spent by the processing units is lowered, resulting in an increase of the probability that some operations might go wrong. Defining Probabilistic Computing According to USFCA, probabilistic computers take a simulation problem (forward) into an infere