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New device could make processors run 1,000 times faster without additional waste heat — scientists say it could reduce data center energy demands (www.livescience.com)
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[–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

The only place I've heard of it being genuinely useful is in scientific applications where they review and verify the outputs. Pretty much anywhere else it gets a quick glance and a thumbs up before it's shipped out the door.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    While that's unfortunately true in more places than it should be, that's not its only use. Its a tool like any other.

    Edit: I also don't thing those are normally LLM's but instead machine learning algorithms. The thing that "ai" used to be til ChatGPT came along

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