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Why didn't we get GPT-2 in 2005?
A new essay asks why large language models like GPT-2 weren't built nearly two decades earlier, given that many core ingredients were available by the mid-2000s. The piece explores whether the holdup was compute, data, algorithms, or simply a lack of imagination about scaling, and readers are debating which factor mattered most.
Why now: It challenges assumptions about AI progress timing, sparking debate over what actually delayed the deep learning breakthrough.
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- Why didn't we get GPT-2 in 2005? · bilsbie · 23
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