Comment by bityard
12 hours ago
When MP3 became popular, people were amazed that you could compress audio to 1/10th its size with minor quality loss. A few decades later, we have audio compression that is much better and higher-quality than MP3, and they took a lot more effort than "MP3 but at a lower bitrate."
The same is happening in AI research now.
> A few decades later, we have audio compression that is much better and higher-quality than MP3
Just curious, which formats and how they compare, storage wise?
Also, are you sure it's not just moving the goalposts to CPU usage? Frequently more powerful compression algorithms can't be used because they use lots of processing power, so frequently the biggest gains over 20 years are just... hardware advancements.