Large neural network models can always be decomposed into small specialized models, each solving specific tasks equally well, because the large model is itself just a gigantic ensemble of small task-tailored models addressing an escalating number of tiny problems.

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with a large neural network model you can always pull out kind of a small model which does a specific task equally well because that's all the large model is right it's just a gigantic Ensemble of small models tailored to the ever escalating number of tiny problems that You've been feeding them

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The Grand Theory of Intelligence – GwernDwarkesh Patel
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:44:56 AM

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