Async training credit assignment called a key 'foomy' breakthrough for RSI
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-10-07
- Quoted context: neural networks are fully synchronous today, causing a massive straggler problem on huge clusters where waiting for the slowest GPU tanks MFU.
- The author argues principled credit assignment for ultra-large async training is an elementary but 'foomy' breakthrough needed on the path to RSI—something stronger than backprop on stilts.
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