Compute | London // DCD>Debate: Mother of Invention - Has a focus on raw computing power limited the potential for AI scaling?

Despite several years of increasing raw computing power through more, increasingly powerful chips, requiring more energy and more cooling, a new challenger has shown the advantages of software optimisation and quick wins to train AI that rivals it’s predecessors.

Is there still too much focus on hardware? Have the small wins been neglected? Is necessity really the mother of invention after all?

Held under Chatham House Rule, DCD>Debates are open discussions led by a panel of experts on the most pressing issues in the industry.