Reddit thread imagines LLMs in the 1980s, sparking debate on AI evolution
What if GPT-4 ran on 8KB RAM and floppy disks?
Deep Dive
A Reddit post by user SystematicApproach was submitted, including a link and comments.
Key Points
- Thread gained 10,000+ comments across Reddit, discussing hardware constraints like 8KB RAM and floppy disk storage
- A 1B-parameter LLM would require more floppy disks than existed globally in the 1980s
- Even a tiny 10M-parameter model could have transformed expert systems and word processors
Why It Matters
Highlights how hardware and data have shaped AI's timeline, not just algorithms.