I’ll just stick to AdamW that I know how to configure properly like the peasant that I am
2:10 PM · Jun 10, 2026 · 1.4K Views
Google DeepMind's Pranav Shyam jokes about sticking with the AdamW optimizer because he actually knows how to tune it
Many ML practitioners favor familiar baselines over complex new tools
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Arda Göreci@ArdaGoreci
@recurseparadox nooo Muon is cool!
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Pranav Shyam@recurseparadox
I’ll just stick to AdamW that I know how to configure properly like the peasant that I am
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