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Scaling Laws

Mathematical relationships showing how AI model performance improves predictably with more data, compute, and parameters.

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Mathematical relationships showing how AI model performance improves predictably with more data, compute, and parameters. Discovered by researchers at OpenAI, these laws help plan training runs by predicting final performance from smaller experiments. The intellectual foundation for the 'bigger is better' approach.

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