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The Quantum Drift

AI’s Scaling Dilemma: Why Bigger Isn’t Better Anymore

  • S3E117
  • 12:37
  • November 18th 2024

In this episode, Robert and Haley unpack the latest insights from OpenAI’s co-founder Ilya Sutskever, who claims that the era of simply “scaling up” AI models may be over. Sutskever suggests that training larger models with endless data is hitting a wall, pushing researchers to focus on smarter, more efficient methods. But what does this mean for the future of AI?

We’ll discuss:

  • The New Scaling Law: How longer reasoning times during AI's responses might be as powerful as scaling up data by 100,000x.
  • Inferencing Over Training: Why the industry may be shifting its hardware focus, with NVIDIA’s latest GPUs ready to lead the charge.
  • What It Means for Users and Developers: Will “thinking longer” lead to bots that feel more human, and how might this change the tools available to creators and businesses?

Join us as we dive into what’s next for AI development, and whether a shift towards smarter, more efficient models could reshape the future of machine learning.


The Quantum Drift

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