Spsa
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Spsa has 18 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 8 references, with 1 live disagreement.
Mostly:estimates gradients via(2), rdf:type(2), causes invalid states at scale(1)
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expressesSkepticismExpresses Skepticism(1)
- Xenonfun
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observesMinimalEffectObserves Minimal Effect(1)
- Xenonfun
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ontologicallySuperiorHereOntologically Superior Here(1)
- Gradient Descent
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possibleWithPossible With(1)
- Memory Reduction
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potentiallyHasPotentially Has(1)
- Kuramoto Rotational Adam W
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reliesOnStochasticApproximationRelies on Stochastic Approximation(1)
- Kuramotospsa
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usesUses(1)
- Kuramoto Optimizer
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usesAlgorithmUses Algorithm(1)
- Kuramotospsa
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usesSpsaUses Spsa(1)
- Kuramoto Energy Minimizer
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Other facts (18)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Estimates Gradients Via | Finite Differences | [3] |
| Estimates Gradients Via | 2 forward perturbations per step | [5] |
| Rdf:type | Algorithm | [6] |
| Rdf:type | Algorithm | [8] |
| Causes Invalid States at Scale | Kuramoto Spsa | [1] |
| Unsuitable at Scale | true | [1] |
| Needs More Perturbations or Smaller Model | To Work Effectively | [2] |
| Historical Optimizer | Kuramoto Variant | [2] |
| Uses Finite Differences | true | [3] |
| Relies on Forward Passes Only | null | [3] |
| Presupposes Gradient Free Viable | false | [4] |
| Deemed Ineffective | true | [4] |
| Shares Gpu Usage With | Lohe Optimizer | [4] |
| Is Ineffective at | 85M params | [4] |
| Is Fast | true | [5] |
| Has Low Snr | 37M+ params with n_perturbations=1 | [5] |
| Has Very Low Snr | true | [5] |
| Method Operation | Gradient Estimation | [7] |
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References (8)
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[2026-03-09 00:50] xenonfun: ``` │ --- KuramotoEnergyMinimizer (SPSA, gradient-free) --- │ │ [Kuramoto] iter 100: loss=9.3396 avg100=9.4389 ppl=12568.4 step=245ms tok/s=16,716 │ │ …
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[2026-03-10 01:54] xenonfun: smoketests before any other changes, see if they actually do things now. (files: Screenshot_2026-03-09_at_9.54.29_PM.png) [2026-03-10 01:56] xenonfun: and its doing proper vals this time [2026-03-10 01:57] lisam…
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[2026-03-22 06:02] xenonfun: ✳ Creating GeometricCodec… (3m 52s · ↓ 3.0k tokens) ⎿ ◼ Phase 2: GeometricCodec — KAN byte↔sphere codec ◼ Phase 2: ThomsonHelmholtz dynamics block ◻ Phase 3: Backprop-free LoheOptimizer ◻ Phase…
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