Hyperparameter Tuning
The process of finding the optimal configuration settings (learning rate, batch size, layer count, etc.) for a machine learning model, which are not learned from data but set before training begins.
Hyperparameter tuning can improve model performance by 5-30% and is often the difference between a mediocre and state-of-the-art model. Methods range from manual tuning and grid search to sophisticated approaches like Bayesian optimization and population-based training. Training a single frontier LLM involves tuning hundreds of hyperparameters across compute budgets of millions of dollars. AutoML platforms like Google's Vertex AI and Amazon SageMaker automate hyperparameter search, reducing the expertise barrier for AI deployment.
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Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
A hypothetical form of AI that can understand, learn, and apply knowledge across any intellectual task at or above human level, rather than being specialized for specific tasks.
AI Alignment
The research field focused on ensuring AI systems behave in accordance with human values and intentions, particularly as systems become more capable.
AI Compute
The computational resources — primarily GPU and TPU processing power — required to train and run AI models, typically measured in FLOP (floating-point operations) or GPU-hours.
Capex (Capital Expenditure)
Long-term investment spending by companies on physical assets like data centers, GPU clusters, and networking infrastructure — the backbone of AI deployment at scale.
Data Center
A facility housing computer systems and infrastructure used to process, store, and distribute data — increasingly built specifically for AI training and inference workloads.
Fine-Tuning
The process of further training a pre-trained AI model on a specific, smaller dataset to specialize it for a particular task or domain, requiring far less compute than training from scratch.
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