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Comment by bob1029

2 days ago

Where are the model parameters stored and how are they represented?

In disk or memory as multidimensional arrays ("tensors" in ML speak).

  • Do we agree that these memories consist of a finite # of bits?

    • Yes, of course.

      Consider a toy model with just 1000 double (64-bit), or 64Kb parameters. If you're going to randomly flip bits over this 2^64K search space while you evaluate a nontrivial fitness function, genetic style, you'll be waiting for a long time.

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