The Computational Limits of Deep Learning

Subscribe: Apple, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, Google, and RSS. In this episode of the Data Exchange I speak with Neil Thompson, Research Scientist at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and the Initiative on the Digital Economy, both at MIT. I wanted Neil on the podcast to discuss a recent paper he co-wrote entitled “The Computational Limits of Deep Learning” (summary version here). This paper provides estimates of the amount of computation, economic costs, and env...