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A 4-bit ALU where every NAND gate is an AI model call

Adding 7 + 5 = 12 takes 116 gate calls to Jev, 7.6 seconds and $0.0018, with a compound 84% chance of the right answer. Opus 5.5 then made a Nolan-style video about it.

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Jev, Claude Opus 5.5

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25 September 2026

Mustafa Akın@mustafaakin

I made Jev do a stupider thing, be a NAND gate, so it can run a 4-bit ALU.

Adding 7 + 5 = 12 takes 116 gates, 7.6 seconds, $0.0018, and a compound 84% probability.

Billions of these will play Doom one day.

I've asked Opus 5.5 to make a video about it, Nolan style.

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