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Foundational AI Research: Can it be done without HPC?

A discussion on Reddit's r/MachineLearning subreddit explores whether foundational AI research can still be conducted without access to high-performance computing (HPC). One user references the paper "Attention Is All You Need" as an example of research done with accessible hardware at the time, questioning if similar contributions are possible today without massive infrastructure. AI

IMPACT Raises questions about accessibility and resource requirements for future AI research contributions.

RANK_REASON Discussion on a subreddit about the requirements for foundational AI research.

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Proof-Bed-6928 ·

    Is foundational AI research still something that can be done without access to HPC? [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm not that well versed in ML yet. I know that &quot;Attention is all you need&quot; was based on work that was done with a couple of high end gaming GPUs at the time. I can afford that.</p> <p>Suppose for arguments sake that I have caught up on…