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Will scaling work? [Narration]

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Grokking, Insight-based Learning, and Primate Brains

This chapter discusses the concept of grokking and how it relates to human learning and neural networks. It also examines the limitations of neural networks in insight-based learning and the challenges of training them with gradient descent. Additionally, it explores the evidence of scaling in primate brains and the potential rewards of marginal increases in intelligence through evolution.

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