An objective, dynamic and physically justified concept of information is elaborated starting from Shannon's concept of entropy and applied to information technology, artificial intelligence (consciousness) and thermodynamics. The justification of an information conservation theorem acquires practical significance in information technology, especially as it moves into the quantum realm (photonics/quantum computing). The unconditional dynamics of information and its objectivity are critically examined and are the foundations of the considerations.
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Target groups
Researchers and postgraduates in the fieldsof information technology, physics, thermodynamics and computer science.
Author
Lienhard Pagel is professor emeritus of microsystems and device technology at the University of Rostock.
Lienhard Pagel
information information theory conservation of information principle quantum bit entropy energy thermodynamics redundancy
“The title, Information is energy, intentionally challenges the longstanding view in information science that information is entropy. ... as a collection of references on the relation of computation and physics, and will certainly contribute to further, more systematic work in this field.” (H. Van Dyke Parunak, Computing Reviews, April 8, 2024)