Chapter 1
The robot apprentices
Chapter 2
Shaving off nanoseconds
Chapter 3
Blueprinting the silicon
Ch 2 · Shaving off nanoseconds
007skaty In October 2022, DeepMind's AI discovered ultra-fast matrix multiplication algorithms, beating Strassen's famous method which stood unbeaten since 1969
Quiz
Whose 1969 matrix multiplication breakthrough did AlphaTensor improve upon for certain matrix sizes?
Quiz
In October 2022, DeepMind's AlphaTensor solved a 50-year-old puzzle by finding faster algorithms for which mathematical operation?
007skaty AI-discovered sorting algorithms now speed up millions of daily C++ library computations worldwide.
Quiz
At what programming language level did the AlphaDev AI search to find its record-breaking sorting algorithms?
Quiz
Into which widely used standard library were AlphaDev's discovered sorting algorithms integrated in 2023?
Fun Fact
Math breakthroughs: DeepMind's AlphaTensor discovered a faster way to multiply matrices, beating a human record that stood for over 50 years.
BETA
007skaty Match patent files for your lawbot to learn how AI discovers new technologies.
Quiz
What does the 'critic' AI use to evaluate and correct another AI in Anthropic's Constitutional AI method?
Glossary
sorting algorithm (noun)
A computer program or formula that organizes a list of items into a specific order. In 2023, Google DeepMind's AlphaDev discovered an instruction sequence that sorts small lists seventy percent faster.
A computer program or formula that organizes a list of items into a specific order. In 2023, Google DeepMind's AlphaDev discovered an instruction sequence that sorts small lists seventy percent faster.
007skaty Large language models write code to train smaller artificial intelligence systems.
007skaty LLMs Coding LLMs
The model writes its own training code— / Oh, fifty-two times faster!
Quiz
How do smaller, specialized AI models benefit from being trained by code and data written by larger AI models?