arXiv Machine Learning By Nicholas Lourie, Kyunghyun Cho, Karen Ullrich, Sanae Lotfi

Small-Scale Experiments: Are We There Yet?

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arXiv:2608. 11859v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Scaling laws promised cost-effective experiments; six years later, they have yet to fully deliver.

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