Search Results for author: Neil Thompson

Found 5 papers, 2 papers with code

Algorithmic progress in language models

1 code implementation9 Mar 2024 Anson Ho, Tamay Besiroglu, Ege Erdil, David Owen, Robi Rahman, Zifan Carl Guo, David Atkinson, Neil Thompson, Jaime Sevilla

We investigate the rate at which algorithms for pre-training language models have improved since the advent of deep learning.

Language Modelling

The Grand Illusion: The Myth of Software Portability and Implications for ML Progress

1 code implementation12 Sep 2023 Fraser Mince, Dzung Dinh, Jonas Kgomo, Neil Thompson, Sara Hooker

Collectively, our results reveal how costly straying from a narrow set of hardware-software combinations can be - and suggest that specialization of hardware impedes innovation in machine learning research.

Friction

Economic impacts of AI-augmented R&D

no code implementations15 Dec 2022 Tamay Besiroglu, Nicholas Emery-Xu, Neil Thompson

Since its emergence around 2010, deep learning has rapidly become the most important technique in Artificial Intelligence (AI), producing an array of scientific firsts in areas as diverse as protein folding, drug discovery, integrated chip design, and weather prediction.

Drug Discovery Protein Folding

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