• measurablefunc 3 hours ago

    I guess the next step would be adding support for quantized arithmetic.

    • pstoll 3 hours ago

      And the lower precision float variants.

    • westurner an hour ago

      How could this lend insight into why Fast Fourier Transform approximates self-attention?

      > Because self-attention can be replaced with FFT for a loss in accuracy and a reduction in kWh [1], I suspect that the Quantum Fourier Transform can also be substituted for attention in LLMs.

      [1] "Fnet: Mixing tokens with fourier transforms" (2021) https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.03824 .. "Google Replaces BERT Self-Attention with Fourier Transform: 92% Accuracy, 7 Times Faster on GPUs" https://syncedreview.com/2021/05/14/deepmind-podracer-tpu-ba...

      "Why formalize mathematics – more than catching errors" (2025) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45695541

      Can the QFT Quantum Fourier Transform (and IQFT Inverse Quantum Fourier Transform) also be substituted for self-attention in LLMs, and do Lean formalisms provide any insight into how or why?