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Is there any practical difference? One is just an inverse of the other and can be trivially derived.
by lioeters 10d ago
Is there any practical difference? One is just an inverse of the other and can be trivially derived.
- iLoveOncall 10d agoYes, there is a massive difference, and you cannot invert them to get the other. Watt per Intelligence means that you have a fixed, deterministic, measure of intelligence, and you calculate how many watts it takes to get there. If your goal is to measure which model can reach a specific outcome with the least energy possible (which is what GP says the goal is for this metric), then you cannot have a variable outcome, which is what intelligence per watt describes. As opposed to watt per intelligence, where the outcome is fixed and the numerator defines how much energy expenditure is needed to reach this fixed outcome.
- lioeters 10d agoHere is a more everyday example: distance traveled by a vehicle and the amount of fuel consumed. > Fuel efficiency can be expressed in terms of the volume of fuel to travel a given distance, such as in litres per 100 kilometres, or through its inverse, the distance traveled per unit volume of fuel consumed, as in kilometres per litre. If you have a car that consumes 1 liter of fuel per 100 kilometers, it's the same as saying it travels 1 kilometer per 0.01 liter of fuel. They are equivalent, describing the same relationship and proportion. It makes no difference whether the quantity is a "deterministic" or "variable" measurement. You can use either unit, depending on the aim of your calculation.
- iLoveOncall 10d agoThis has absolutely nothing to do with the problem at end. I'm so tired of people bringing up random metaphors that don't apply to justify obvious bullshit when it comes to AI.