Constraints create coherence.

· Bits and Bobs 2/3/25
  • Constraints create coherence.
    • The constraints set the shape of the jello mold; the swarming exploratory competitive behavior is the slime mold that grows into the mold's shape, filling every niche.
    • Sometimes the answer to find new breakthroughs is to operate within different constraints.
    • If you were in the US trying to compete with frontier models, the answer was always to try to get H100's.
    • In China, they knew they couldn't get them, so they took it as a hard constraint... and that led to finding a radically more efficient model.
    • A couple of useful frames for game-changing thinking:
      • How can I best make use of the constraints I was dealt that others weren't?
      • How can I change the constraints in ways that others can't?

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