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Quantization

Language models

Quantization compresses an AI model by reducing the precision of the numbers that make up its weights, for example from 16 bits down to 4. The model loses a touch of finesse but becomes about four times lighter, and faster, letting it run on standard hardware rather than a specialised GPU server.

In practice at Gensai

Quantization is what allowed Gensai to run the “Monsters of the Oceans” installation fully locally on a simple Mac Mini.

Definition written with AI assistance, checked by Sébastien Lecocq, co-founder of Gensai.

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