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Maxwell’s demon is a thought experiment in which an all-knowing demon observes atoms and selectively lets low-energy atoms into another room.
Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“And there was a thought experiment that was asking what would happen if there was a very tiny all-knowing demon that could kind of look at atoms.”
“And then whenever an atom had low energy, kind of open a door and let it into this other room and keep doing this to reduce entropy of the system,”Play from 27:22Report a misattribution
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