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[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

By now they've gotten a bit bigger though

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hundred billion circles should be close enough

[–] Nikelui@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm wrong, but aren't the parameters the actual connections between neurons? The circles should be orders of magnitude less.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Parameters are even more. A quick search tells me:

ChatGPT-4 is estimated to have roughly 1.8 trillion parameters