Positronic Circuitry

[Netskimmer]

Not sure where to post this question so I thought I’d try here. There is heavy use in sci-fi of positronic circuitry for artificial intelligence. Is there a scientific reason for this or is it just because it sounds more exotic to use positrons instead of electrons? Also, if this is not the type of forum for this type of questions, does anyone know of a forum that is suited for these types of questions?

 

[darkd3vil]

this is the right forum, and about the circuity i know nothing but it sounds cool

 

[Netskimmer]

Thanks, the only thing I could think of was that since positrons (charge of +1) are the anti-matter counterpart to electrons (charge of –1) if you could put them together you could build binary code at the sub-atomic level. I’m not sure however, how you would avoid mutual annihilation of the matter and anti-matter as they came into contact. Of coarse this is all speculation on my part.

 

[darkd3vil]

i dont know about you guys but i am the most confused person ever i thnk your talking about protrons and electros and thats about all (i only trook class)

 

[Praetor]

if you could put them together you could build binary code at the sub-atomic level. I’m not sure however, how you would avoid mutual annihilation of the matter and anti-matter as they came into contact. Of coarse this is all speculation on my part

Right you are. For the time being, positrons are extremely difficult to "maintain" due to their annihilatory nature. As far as Data on StarTrek (i think thats the show) goes, that's purely sci-fi and not feasible in our society as we know it yet

 

[Netskimmer]

Assuming it where possible, is there any reason why you would use positronic instead of electronic circuitry?

 

[Praetor]

That type of discussion isnt really "meaningful" because since it is not possible yet, thus we have no idea of the potential benifits and such of such a system

 

[Netskimmer]

I can’t imagine what the benefits would be. A positron should act pretty much like an electron does so positronic circuitry should act more or less just like electronic circuitry meaning that there would be no advantage to using positronic circuits and you would still have to contend with producing and containing the antimatter particles to make use of them.

 

[Praetor]

I can’t imagine what the benefits would be.

Only because we cant imagine how it would operate. The only reason we cant figure it out is because we're assuming it opertes in the same manner as basic matter.