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A small set of five or six thermodynamic variables can explain steam-engine behavior quite well.

Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 🔬 Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026

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“But then turns out you can find like five or six thermodynamic variables that explain what's going on pretty well, which is incredible.”
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