9. LightOn AI Meetup: The Hardware Lottery


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LightOn is a DeepTech company creating hardware for new AI applications requiring a massive amount of data (molecular dynamics, fraud detection, conversational AI ...). We gather experts, engineers, researchers, who are shaping the world of tomorrow. We are back for our 9th edition!
Our meetups will happen online in order to keep our attendees safe until further notice.
This event takes place at 18:00, Paris time (GMT +02:00)
A Zoom link will be provided prior to the meetup.
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Agenda
18:00 – Introduction by LightOn
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18:10 – "The Hardware Lottery"
by Sara Hooker, Research Scholar at Google Brain.
Abstract: The hardware lottery describes when a research idea wins because it is suited to the available software and hardware and not because the idea is superior to alternative research directions. Examples from early computer science history illustrate how hardware lotteries can delay research progress by casting successful ideas as failures. These lessons are particularly salient given the advent of domain specialized hardware which make it increasingly costly to stray off of the beaten path of research ideas.
18:30 - Q&A
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During the event, you can share content using #LightOn & @LightOnIO
After the meet-up:
- the slides will be available on our Medium page : https://medium.com/@LightOnIO
- the video of the presentation will be available on our Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE6xfSWQaCk1hqu7pCISK1w

9. LightOn AI Meetup: The Hardware Lottery