Researcher Hails New Theoretical Breakthrough in Gradient Descent and Matrix Multiplication
cloneofsimo · x · 2026-10-07
AI researcher cloneofsimo remarks that the latest theoretical breakthrough in gradient descent and matrix multiplication "has to be some god's endgame plot." The tweet is brief and doesn't name the specific work, but it's a useful pointer for anyone tracking foundational theory progress.
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