How machines work — heat transfer & Maxwell’s Demon — AI Philosophy & Emergence

TOLARENAI — AI Philosophy & Emergence

The way a machine works -- all machines work -- is that heat is transferred from a source location to an indeterminate location. By virtue of knowing that heat is available as potential energy, the possibility of anticipating where it will be released is only determinate after it is, because the figure that determines the answer to that question is Maxwell's Demon.