Future of Life Institute Podcast

Lennart Heim on the AI Triad: Compute, Data, and Algorithms

Mar 30, 2023

47:51

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Lennart Heim

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Role of Data in AI Progress

2min

The Evolution of AI and Compute

2min

How Modern Advanced Chips Are Produced

2min

The Role of ASML in the Chip Supply Chain

2min

How Far Are the Nearest Competitors Behind the Very Cutting Edge Companies?

2min

The Differences Between Computer Chips and AI Chips

2min

The Role of Compute in AI Progress

3min

The Importance of Aggregating Predictions Across Reports

2min

10.

The Future of Artificial General Intelligence

2min

11.

The Future of Robotics

2min

12.

The Importance of Compute in Robotics

2min

13.

The Importance of Compute in Robotics Progress

3min

14.

The Limits of How Much Data Are Available Online?

2min

15.

The Importance of Synthetic Data in AI

2min

16.

The Importance of Algorithmic Efficiency in Machine Learning

2min

17.

The Three Eras of Machine Learning Compute Usage

2min

18.

The Economic Return of Computers

3min

19.

The Future of Computing

2min

20.

How to Predict AI Progress Based on Compute

2min

21.

AI Take Off Speeds: A Comparison

5min

Lennart Heim joins the podcast to discuss how we can forecast AI progress by researching AI hardware. You can read more about Lennart's work here: https://heim.xyz/about/ Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:00 The AI triad 06:26 Modern chip production 15:54 Forecasting AI with compute 27:18 Running out of data? 32:37 Three eras of AI training 37:58 Next chip paradigm 44:21 AI takeoff speeds Social Media Links: ➡️ WEBSITE: https://futureoflife.org ➡️ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FLIxrisk ➡️ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/futureoflifeinstitute/ ➡️ META: https://www.facebook.com/futureoflifeinstitute ➡️ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-of-life-institute/

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