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1-bit LLMs Could Solve AI’s Energy Demands (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 5 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 months ago

There is some research being done with fine tuning 1-bit quants, and they seem pretty responsive to it. Of course you'll never get a full generalist model out of it, but there's some hope for tiny specialized models that can run on CPU for a fraction of the energy bill.

The big models are great marketing because their verbal output is believable, but they're grossly overkill for most tasks.