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		amelius 7 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power ... You might then as well replace the multiplication by the addition in the original network. In that case you're not even approximating anything. Am I missing something?

dotnet00 6 days ago [–]

They're applying that simplification to the exponent bits of an 8 bit float. The range is so small that the approximation to multiplication is going to be pretty close.

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