Thomas Wolf @Thom_Wolf
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Thomas Wolf [verified] @Thom_Wolf · 1h on the scale of cosmic history, the declining price of intelligence might be one of the most profound things happening both ends of the universe's timeline are empty of knowledge: - the big bang: low entropy, no complex structure - heat death: maximum entropy, no usable energy gradients everything we build happens on the slope between them but the universe is generally a poor converter of its free energy into anything constructive. most of its free energy just radiates away as heat or collapses into black holes life, brains and now AI models are structures that sit in the entropy flow and divert a portion of it through constructive paths, building and maintaining low-entropy structures (machines, cells, crystals, memories) increasingly cheaper intelligence diverts increasingly more of that gradient flow through knowledge-building structures, complex, self-maintaining, predictive structures, filling the window in which understanding exists [Quoted post] Epoch AI [verified] @EpochAIResearch · Sep 22 AI is getting cheaper more quickly than any other transformative tech in history. At a given level of performance, cost has fallen ~47%/quarter since 2023. [cut off]
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Long dark-mode X post by Thomas Wolf on the falling price of intelligence in terms of entropy and free-energy flow, quoting an Epoch AI post on AI cost declines. A floating compose button overlaps the bottom right of the capture.
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