2min chapter

MIT Technology Review Narrated cover image

In Machines We Trust: A conversation with Geoffrey Hinton (Live)

MIT Technology Review Narrated

CHAPTER

Back Propagation in Large Language Models

The technique basically performed really well on ImageNet. And we had Joe Elpino from Meta yesterday showing how far image detection had come. And it's also the technique that underpins large language models. So I want to talk now about this technique, which you initially were thinking of as almost like a poor approximation of what biological brains might be. Yes. There's no one in the audience here that's smiling and thinking that was a silly explanation.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode