Compute

TagLast edit: 6 Sep 2022 19:13 UTC by Raemon

Compute is a generic term for resources necessary to run software computation. It includes processing power, memory, networking, storage, etc.

Reasons compute may not drive AI capabilities growth

Tristan H19 Dec 2018 22:13 UTC

42 points

10 comments8 min readLW link

What is Compute? - Transformative AI and Compute [1/4]

lennart23 Sep 2021 16:25 UTC

27 points

9 comments19 min readLW link

Transformative AI and Compute [Summary]

lennart26 Sep 2021 11:41 UTC

13 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

Forecasting Compute—Transformative AI and Compute [2/4]

lennart2 Oct 2021 15:54 UTC

17 points

0 comments19 min readLW link

Compute Governance and Conclusions—Transformative AI and Compute [3/4]

lennart14 Oct 2021 8:23 UTC

13 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

Compute Research Questions and Metrics—Transformative AI and Compute [4/4]

lennart28 Nov 2021 22:49 UTC

7 points

0 comments16 min readLW link

Compute Trends Across Three eras of Machine Learning

Jsevillamol, Pablo Villalobos, lennart, Marius Hobbhahn, Tamay Besiroglu and anson.ho

16 Feb 2022 14:18 UTC

94 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Compute Trends — Comparison to OpenAI’s AI and Compute

lennart, Jsevillamol, Pablo Villalobos, Marius Hobbhahn, Tamay Besiroglu and anson.ho

12 Mar 2022 18:09 UTC

23 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Compute Governance: The Role of Commodity Hardware

Jan26 Mar 2022 10:08 UTC

14 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

(universalprior.substack.com)

Announcing Epoch: A research organization investigating the road to Transformative AI

Jsevillamol, Pablo Villalobos, Tamay, lennart, Marius Hobbhahn and anson.ho

27 Jun 2022 13:55 UTC

96 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(epochai.org)

Avoid the abbreviation “FLOPs” – use “FLOP” or “FLOP/s” instead

Daniel_Eth10 Jul 2022 10:44 UTC

69 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

No, human brains are not (much) more efficient than computers

Jesse Hoogland6 Sep 2022 13:53 UTC

20 points

21 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jessehoogland.com)

[Incomplete] What is Computation Anyway?

DragonGod14 Dec 2022 16:17 UTC

16 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Predicting GPU performance

Marius Hobbhahn and Tamay

14 Dec 2022 16:27 UTC

60 points

26 comments1 min readLW link

(epochai.org)

AGI Timelines in Governance: Different Strategies for Different Timeframes

simeon_c and AmberDawn

19 Dec 2022 21:31 UTC

63 points

28 comments10 min readLW link

AI Governance & Strategy: Priorities, talent gaps, & opportunities

Akash3 Mar 2023 18:09 UTC

56 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

What would a compute monitoring plan look like? [Linkpost]

Akash26 Mar 2023 19:33 UTC

157 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(arxiv.org)

Trading off compute in training and inference (Overview)

Pablo Villalobos31 Jul 2023 16:03 UTC

31 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(epochai.org)

Memory bandwidth constraints imply economies of scale in AI inference

Ege Erdil17 Sep 2023 14:01 UTC

76 points

33 comments4 min readLW link

Super-Exponential versus Exponential Growth in Compute Price-Performance

moridinamael6 Oct 2023 16:23 UTC

37 points

21 comments2 min readLW link

Optimization Markets

StrivingForLegibility30 Dec 2023 1:24 UTC

13 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Sam Altman’s Chip Ambitions Undercut OpenAI’s Safety Strategy

garrison10 Feb 2024 19:52 UTC

198 points

52 comments1 min readLW link

(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

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