Inference Scaling
Inference scaling is the practice of improving an answer by giving the model more computation when the question is asked, for example by letting it reason for longer or sample several attempts.
Why It Matters
It changes where AI money goes. Quality can now be bought at the moment of use, which shifts demand from one-off training clusters towards sustained data centre capacity.
Related Terms
- Reasoning ModelA reasoning model is a language model trained or configured to work through a problem in several steps before answering, spending more computation at the moment of use in exchange for a more reliable result.
- InferenceInference is the act of running a trained model to produce an output: the answer, image or prediction a user actually receives, as distinct from the training that created the model.
- AI ComputeAI compute is the processing capacity used to train and run AI models, measured in chips, cluster hours or the cost of the calculations performed.
- Inference CostInference cost is the expense of running a model to answer a request, driven by model size, the length of the input and output, and the hardware it runs on.
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