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GraciousReformer OP t1_j9ji7t1 wrote

Reply to comment by hpstring in [D] "Deep learning is the only thing that currently works at scale" by GraciousReformer

But why DL beats the curse? Why is DL the only class?

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hpstring t1_j9juk1f wrote

Q1: We don't know yet. Q2: Probably there are other classes but they haven't been discovered or are only at the early age of research.

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NitroXSC t1_j9k09wt wrote

> Q2: Probably there are other classes but they haven't been discovered or are only at the early age of research.

I think there are many different classes that would work but current DL is based in large parts on matrix-vector operations which can be implemented efficiently on current hardware.

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