Ben Cowley
speaker
17 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 26 Feb
Ben Cowley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Researchers set out to shrink an AI model that acts like a part of the brain's visual system.
When they started, the model used 60 million variables.
But Ben Cowley of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory says the team was able to make a streamlined version that had just 10,000 variables.
And that is incredibly small.
This is something we could send in a tweet or an email.
Cowley says the key was finding redundant or unnecessary elements and applying statistical techniques like those used to compress digital photos.
The results suggest that a type of AI system that now requires a
torrent of electricity could get by with just a trickle.
John Hamilton, NPR News.
Researchers set out to shrink an AI model that acts like a part of the brain's visual system.
When they started, the model used 60 million variables.
But Ben Cowley of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory says the team was able to make a streamlined version that had just 10,000 variables.
And that is incredibly small.
This is something we could send in a tweet or an email.
Cowley says the key was finding redundant or unnecessary elements and applying statistical techniques like those used to compress digital photos.
The results suggest that a type of AI system that now requires a torrent of electricity could get by with just a trickle.
John Hamilton, NPR News.
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