Generative thermodynamic computing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15121v2
• Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:11:11 GMT
• Title: Generative thermodynamic computing
• Authors: Stephen Whitelam,
• Abstract summary: We introduce a generative modeling framework for thermodynamic computing.<n> structured data is synthesized from noise by the natural time evolution of a physical system governed by Langevin dynamics.<n>We demonstrate this framework within a digital simulation of a thermodynamic computer.
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• Abstract: We introduce a generative modeling framework for thermodynamic computing, in which structured data is synthesized from noise by the natural time evolution of a physical system governed by Langevin dynamics. While conventional diffusion models use neural networks to perform denoising, here the information needed to generate structure from noise is encoded by the dynamics of a thermodynamic system. Training proceeds by maximizing the probability with which the computer generates the reverse of a noising trajectory, which ensures that the computer generates data with minimal heat emission. We demonstrate this framework within a digital simulation of a thermodynamic computer. If realized in analog hardware, such a system would function as a generative model that produces structured samples without the need for artificially-injected noise or active control of denoising.

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