Song Han's MIT Efficient AI course grew from 30 to 300 students since 2022, materials free
omojumiller · x · 2026-09-12
MIT's 6.5940 (TinyML and Efficient AI Computing), co-taught by Song Han and Shangmit, launched in 2022 — the same year as ChatGPT — with just 30 students. Enrollment grew to 90, then 180, and now 300 this fall, reflecting surging interest in efficient inference and on-device AI. All course materials are freely available at efficientml.ai.
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