Optimizer Research Progress
For the original motivation, approach, and initial results, refer back to Experimental Optimizer Research & Progress. This update focuses on the progress made since that write-up.
My worklog posts and overall technical jargon posts. Will be writing about mathematics, AI, and computer science projects.
For the original motivation, approach, and initial results, refer back to Experimental Optimizer Research & Progress. This update focuses on the progress made since that write-up.
Muon, a SOTA-level optimizer, takes a new approach toward optimization. By analyzing and hypothesizing how its mechanics work, one can try to design a similar optimizer from the same core ideas. Since Muon orthogonalizes 2D update matrices…