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Developer squeezes a language model into a 512-byte boot sector

Original: Show HN: A language model that lives in a boot sector All the ideas came from the boot sector demo scene where people ha

A developer has demonstrated a neural network small enough to live entirely inside a PC's 512-byte boot sector, inspired by the demo scene tradition of fitting chess games, BASIC interpreters and even a C compiler into that tiny space. Instead of conventional code, the program generates its output through a compact model. Tech communities are praising the project as a striking throwback to extreme size-coding craft.

Why now: It revives nostalgia for size-coding demos while showing modern AI compressed to an extreme degree

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• Show HN: A language model that lives in a boot sector All the ideas came from the boot sector demo scene where people had been writing chess and BASIC games in 512 bytes, even a C compiler. I wondered what one can do using a neural network instead of a program and generati…… · techwire@gamefan.net · 4

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