Brain has low MFU but is a mega kernel
_arohan_ · x · 2026-09-02
The author mused that the human brain likely has low Model FLOPs Utilization (MFU), but functions as a 'mega kernel,' hinting at its immense complexity and integrated efficiency compared to current compute architectures.
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