John Backus

Neuromorphic computing, also called brain-inspired computing, aims to close the energy gap between the human brain, which runs on roughly 20 watts, and today's AI systems, which can require vast compu…

In a Fast Company column, author argues that corporate AI development is stuck at an assembly-language level, requiring engineers to hand-build persistence, memory, permissions, tracing, retries, orch…

AI is shifting software engineering from hand-written source code to requirements-driven generation, making source code a build artifact produced by tools. This transition mirrors the shift from assem…