computation

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If computers can replicate many aspects of reasoning, language and decision-making without exhibiting clear signs of awareness, that fact alone may reveal that consciousness is something more than computation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Still others argue the underlying assumption here may be mistaken—that consciousness may not be reducible to computation at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

To run a quantum algorithm, qubits must be actively manipulated using quantum gates, which are the basic operations that power quantum computation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

It could have a significant impact on the cost of computation.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

For them epicycles were useful fictions which made computation of the position of the planets possible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton