Low-precision is the future: training may soon move to 8-bit and 4-bit
udmrzn · x · 2026-11-10
danyulol argues low precision is the future: frontier open models like 4.1 Flash and K3 already serve inference at low precision, and training will soon follow—actor forwards, backwards, and even optimizer states moving to 8-bit and 4-bit regimes. udmrzn adds that post-training and self-hosted inference costs are falling fast, aiming to put powerful infrastructure in every Applied AI team's hands.
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