Re: Well DUH ! AI People Finally Realize They Can Ditch Most Floating-Point for Big Ints

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On 10/18/24 12:34 PM, Richard Kettlewell wrote:

 
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Perhaps you could explain why you keep talking about integer arithmetic
when the paper is about floating point arithmetic, then.

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   Umm ... because the idea of swapping FP for ints in
   order to save lots of power was introduced ?
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   This issue is getting to be *poitical* now - the
   ultra-greenies freaking about how much power the
   'AI' computing centers require.

Heh, I freak out about sites I visit that make my computer rev up and
turn on the cooler: sites polluted with ads, sites that use your CPU
to mine bitcoin and who knows what else.

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