Weight space programming could close the gap between small and large models
bindureddy · x · 2026-11-03
Bindu Reddy says Astra has been used to directly modify the weights of smaller models to improve reasoning performance. He predicts large models will make surgical weight updates to shrink models for common tasks, driving token prices down 10x in coming months and boosting DeepSeek-style models.
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