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Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of uncertain stochastic processes
Jan Korbel, David H. Wolpert
Stochastic thermodynamics is formulated under the assumption of perfect knowledge of all thermodynamic parameters. However, in any real-world experiment, there is non-zero uncertai…
Stochastic Mathematical Systems
David H. Wolpert, David B. Kinney
We introduce a framework that can be used to model both mathematics and human reasoning about mathematics. This framework involves {stochastic mathematical systems} (SMSs), which a…
Combining lower bounds on entropy production in complex systems with multiple interacting components
David H. Wolpert
The past two decades have seen a revolution in statistical physics, generalizing it to apply to systems of arbitrary size, evolving while arbitrarily far from equilibrium. Many of…
Thermodynamics of deterministic finite automata operating locally and periodically
Thomas E. Ouldridge, David H. Wolpert
Real-world computers have operational constraints that cause nonzero entropy production (EP). In particular, almost all real-world computers are ``periodic'', iteratively undergoin…
What can we know about that which we cannot even imagine?
David H. Wolpert
In this essay I will consider a sequence of questions. The first questions concern the biological function of intelligence in general, and cognitive prostheses of human intelligenc…
Inclusive Thermodynamics of Computational Machines
Gülce Kardeş, David Wolpert
We introduce a framework designed to analyze the thermodynamics of an abstractly defined logical computer like a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) or a Turing machine, without s…