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jon_tau

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jon_tau··on GPT Neo: open-source GPT model, with pretrained 1.3B & 2.7B weight models
The saying comes from a slide by Noam Shazeer (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgGyWS40g-g&ab_channel=Tenso...). It just means the current goal should be to have models with 1 trillion parameters.
jon_tau··on How to write good prompts: using spaced repetition to create understanding
It's the "front" of a flashcard.
jon_tau··on The Discovery of Radium by Marie Curie
Completely tangential but it's a common thing for a married woman to take the surname of her spouse's family and suppress the maiden name...
jon_tau··on Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI [video]
I find that Lex often side-steps technical depth and wanders into the philosophical side of things. He has the opportunity to ask diving questions but he simply scratches the surface with nearly every guest. It's not entirely his fault, he's under time constraints but I'd hope for more intellectual stimulation. That said, I do appreciate his efforts and he seems like a genuinely nice fella.