[ExI] AI is now designing chips for AI

[Adrian Tymes]

Notice that the exponentiation to infinite returns is far from immediate.

Eventually, if allowed to run long enough, exponentiation can result in a
singularity.  But it also must be recognized how far from that the starting
point is.

On Sat, Nov 2, 2024 at 11:05 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> AI is now designing chips for AI
>
> AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling
> up the speed of innovation across the economy.
> By Kristin Houser        November 2, 2024
>
> <
> https://www.freethink.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-designing-chips-for-ai
> >
> Quotes:
> Just like AlphaZero, an AI trained to design chips can run through
> options far faster than an engineer can. As a result, engineers are
> now able to rapidly design chips that aren’t just “good enough,” but
> great.
>
> “AI is already performing parts of the design process better than
> humans,” Bill Dally, chief scientist and senior VP of research at
> Nvidia.
>
> “We would love to see a future where AI could help automate and
> optimize the entire chip design process for many kinds of chips,” said
> Mirhoseini and Goldie. “Imagine whenever someone wants to design a new
> chip, they could simply describe an application to a future version of
> AlphaChip, which then outputs a fully specified chip design that is
> ready for manufacturing.”
> -----------
>
> Hmmmm.  So we don't understand how LLM AIs do their thinking, but
> we'll let them design chips that we also won't understand how they
> work either.
> What could possibly go wrong?
>
> BillK
>
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