Exploring AI foundations: 11 questions from compute to world models
prateekj · x · 2026-08-25
The author lists dozens of questions regarding AI, infrastructure, and mathematics, clustered into 11 categories:
- Compute: Minimum physical work required for intelligence.
- Memory: Is moving data the real enemy?
- Chips: Do we need a different physical substrate?
- Models: How much of today's architecture is fundamental?
- Memory + learning: Where should knowledge live?
- Reasoning: What actually constitutes machine intelligence?
- World models: Does intelligence need to simulate reality?
- Systems: Where does the model end?
- Power: Does AI ultimately become an energy problem?
- Mathematics: What are the deep structures?
These questions are intended to spark exploration rather than provide immediate answers.
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