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Yes, If you look at the power efficiency of the brain relative to LLMs, you can see nature has done something special, and I don’t think we should be so quick t
by johnwheeler 3y ago
Yes, If you look at the power efficiency of the brain relative to LLMs, you can see nature has done something special, and I don’t think we should be so quick to call it game over. It might be that LLMs are just some atom or building block of a much larger and more complex thing.
- jofla_net 3y agoYes, this is huge. Of all the places to shim in my ¢2, as the topic could go on forever. I remember talking to a robotics specialist and his take on efficiency was that despite the obvious speed and strength that machines have over us, you need to factor in just how little power is consumed when we move our extremities compared to what is needed for actuators and motors of even the best bots. Now this was years ago and things could have taken a huge turn, but I think given the recent statements by Altman about the looming power crush drives it home, that even if we do manage something truly monumental, it'll take a fusion reaction to pull off.
- kaba0 3y agoI mean, I wouldn’t bet on that either. We built the “computing” empire on silicon, but we might be able to very significantly improve on this with a single discovery/invention. All the computational stuff we built/figured out will move out without trouble.
- johnwheeler 3y agoYes, that might be too. You just never know.
- johnwheeler 3y agoMaybe Berkshire Hathaway Energy is the smart play