Figure from ROBOT, Moravec, Oxford, 1998, Chapter 6: The Age of Mind, page 186
time loop NP solver

                                                                                                                                       
``NP'' solver
This circuit tests candidate traveling salesman tours, forced by a causal loop to settle on a tour no longer than a specified length. If no such tour exists, a special weak-link ``probability fuse'' pops.

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