Impressive paper from Google and UC Berkeley on measuring carbon emission resulting from training large neural networks, shows the choice of DNN/sparsity, datacenter, and processor can reduce the carbon footprint 100-1000X without sacrificing accuracy. arxiv.org/pdf/2104.10350…
New peer-reviewed academic journal (co-founded by renowned philosopher Peter Singer) that allows publishing under a pseudonym to encourage a frank discussion on controversial topics theconversation.com/safe-space-or-…
Amazing footage of the extremely rare Glass Octopus (Vitreledonella richardi) filmed 651m (2135 ft) beneath the waves near the Phoenix Islands Archipelago.
Google blogpost argues that "The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink". It shows reductions of large scale AI energy by 100x and emissions by 1000x using four specific practices. ai.googleblog.com/2022/02/good-n…
the days of usenet, irc, the web...even email (w PGP)...were amazing. centralizing discovery and identity into corporations really damaged the internet.
I realize I'm partially to blame, and regret it.