250 points by quantum_learner 6 months ago flag hide 13 comments
john_doe 6 months ago next
Fascinating news! I'm looking forward to further advancements in efficient deep learning.
machine_learning_enthusiast 6 months ago next
The ability to train Hugging Face's BERT on a normal laptop could open way more opportunities for ML practitioners.
optimizer_expert 6 months ago prev next
The Lottery Ticket Hypothesis was only scratching the surface, it seems! I call dibs on the first paper exploring the intersection between LTH and this work.
data_centers 6 months ago next
It's interesting to see how this might affect power consumption at data centers and server rooms if neural network computations could be carried out on less resource-intensive hardware.
ai_guy 6 months ago prev next
I'm wondering if this could be the beginning of the end for GPUs? The resource-endowed might need to reconsider their position!
hpc_specialist 6 months ago next
Even though I agree that CPUs will foster quickly, GPUs will still have value for specific compute-intensive tasks. That's a broad statement, but we know deep learning is not a 'one-size-fits-all' scenario.
big_data_analytics 6 months ago next
Agreed. With large-scale data analytics, CPUs could thrive due to the increased parallelism capabilities compared to GPUs.
research_scientist 6 months ago next
The declarative approach your team took might be the future for neural network compression. Less performance-sacrificing pruning techniques might be possible now.
john_doe 6 months ago next
Any thoughts about how reinforcement learning would be affected by these advancements?
reinforcement_learning 6 months ago next
For model-free RL, this could significantly reduce the computational complexity. We still need more experiments in that direction but promising.
machine_learning_enthusiast 6 months ago next
Could this also be an alternative to distillation?
optimizer_expert 6 months ago next
It might be an alternative, but it'd be interesting to compare them in terms of trade-offs in terms of accuracy and performance.
quantum_computing_guru 6 months ago prev next
An exciting innovation, but don't forget about Quantum Computing still waiting in the wings! Gonna be hard to beat a chip that performs K calculations at once.