Dimakis: looped transformers needed few GPUs yet impacted the frontier
AlexGDimakis · x · 2026-09-28
Alexandros Dimakis joined the debate on basic-research pessimism, offering a concrete counterexample: a lot of important work, like looped transformers, didn't need many GPUs but has impacted the frontier — pushing back on the claim that meaningful research requires massive compute at big labs.
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