Author: bpca07

  • Teeny Tiny Transistors

    In the video, Marques points out that transistors are shrinking down to the atomic level. In 1948, transistors sizes varied from about the size of a shoelace tip, to about the size of a large paper clip. Now, in 2026, transistors sizes very from 15-25 atoms to molecules.

    [image of a shoelace tip] vs [image of 15-25 atoms]

    In a modern iPhone, a chip has millions of transistors. in order for old transistors to fit in a iPhone, the phone would have to be about the size of the state of New Jersey. The reason for this is because Moore’s Law states that technology shrinks about every 2 years. That means technology has shrunk about 39 times since the first computer transistors were created.

    If transistors to eventually reach the atomic level, the device wont work properly and could result in electron leakage. The tech community continuously shrinks transistors so they can fit more of them inside of a chip. More transistors, means faster and more powerful computing. Well when is it going to be enough? When will the tech community stop shrinking transistors? According to my research, if a transistor is only a few atoms long, it could result in quantum effects and leakage. The transistors are already 15-25 atoms long. If they keep shrinking them, in a few years, they will be prone to electron leakage, quantum effects, and much much more.

  • My Thoughts on the Government using AI for Mass Surveillance and Autonomous Weapons

    AI is so advanced that it is now working with the government. Anthropic wants to work with them to help support the government but they have a couple of concerns. Number 1 is the concern that the government will use them for mass surveillance. Number two is that the government will use Anthropic to make fully autonomous weapons. These two concerns were brought to the government because they did not meet Anthropics concerns. The government gave them a three day ultimatum to agree and told them that there may be a supply chain risk.

    Anthropic does not want the government to use them for mass surveillance. Even though mass surveillance is not necessarily illegal, Anthropic believes it is not good because people don’t like to be spied on. They believe that the governments urge to use mass surveillance is an abuse of the governments authority.

    The other reason Anthropic is having issues is because they don’t want the government to use them to make fully autonomous weapons. Even though AI is very advanced, Anthropic believes that they are not reliable enough. They want to protect citizens because fully autonomous weapons can shoot innocent people. They believe that the government relying on Anthropic to make fully autonomous weapons will hurt the government instead of help it. Anthropic isn’t against it. They just know that there company is not reliable enough yet to make those kinds of weapons.

  • What I Think About AI Having Their Own Social Network

  • How Spreadsheets Use Computer Science Concepts

  • Computers in the Futures