> So the critical question is what exactly does AGI hardware look like A Ryzen 5 should do. A lot of RAM is required.
On Thu, 11 Jul 2019 at 07:34, Alan Grimes via AGI <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sure many of you are aware of this issue but I'll repeat it anyway > because I had been allowing myself to get carried away thinking about > what kind of hardware I'd throw at our resident genius' brain simulator. > > The fundamental problem is this paradox: > > A. We do not know what kind of hardware an AGI machine will require. It > is still completely possible that it turns out to be nothing at all like > the tensor cores you will find in a GV100. > > B. It has been shown that specialized hardware can MASSIVELY accelerate > AI (which may or may not = AGI) algorithms to the point where previously > infeasible solutions become not only possible but commercially viable. > > It is close to certain that any general purpose architecture, whether it > be MIPS, Alpha, MMIX, ARM, Power, or even common x64 will do a perfectly > medeocre job at doing whatever it turns out to be. > > However, a specialized architecture will either be fantastic or absolute > crap to the point of not being able to run it at all. > > So the critical question is what exactly does AGI hardware look like and > how much of it do we need to bridge the gap between what we can do with > general purpose architectures. > > I think GPUs and FPGAs can be considered relatively safe things to shop > for. At least you can waste your life playing video games with a good > GPU if it doesn't pan out for AGI work. =P > > However, anything advertised as a deep learning accelerator -> BLEH > because I think deep learning only has a few months of life left to it > as a research paradigm and then the field is either SHIFT or WINTER. > > -- > Clowns feed off of funny money; > Funny money comes from the FED > so NO FED -> NO CLOWNS!!! > > Powers are not rights. > -- Stefan Reich BotCompany.de // Java-based operating systems ------------------------------------------ Artificial General Intelligence List: AGI Permalink: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/Te56d98b1cab7ca45-Ma31381648db043036c648ff2 Delivery options: https://agi.topicbox.com/groups/agi/subscription
