[ExI] Maths Teachers Career Prospects

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com> 
Subject: RE: [ExI] Maths Teachers Career Prospects

 

 

 

From: spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com>  <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > 
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>…Many here have lived long.  But did ANY of us foresee the day when a talented MATHEMATICIAN would be more popular than a rock star?

 

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I read many explanations for how LLMs work since about November 2022, but until one really groks the concept of cross entropy, one is missing an important link in the chain of understanding.  Sanderson gives the best explanation of the concept I have seen:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlYgs6v2YfU

 

Has anyone here seen a better explanation of that concept?  Once you get cross entropy, does it not clarify why LLMs use so damn much power?  And why I don’t think LLMs will ever run on cell phones?  And why we need massive new power generation capacity to run data centers?  And why we need billionaires to build the power plants and data centers?  And why we need capitalism to build billionaires?

 

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