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Researcher Notes Rapid Shift From Laptops To City-Sized GPU Clusters

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OPDavid Pfau#150David Pfau@PFAU

I'm not saying it's comparable to being born before there were automobiles and then living to design this, but I did my PhD almost entirely on a laptop and now they're building GPU clusters the size of Manhattan.

9:27 AM · May 30, 2026 View on X
REPLYDavid Pfau#150David Pfau@PFAU

In most respects, life in 2026 has not changed that radically from 2010 - at least not nearly as much as life changed from, say, 1910 to 1926. AI is probably the biggest exception to that

David PfauDavid Pfau@pfau

I'm not saying it's comparable to being born before there were automobiles and then living to design this, but I did my PhD almost entirely on a laptop and now they're building GPU clusters the size of Manhattan.

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