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Spsa

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Spsa has 18 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 8 references, with 1 live disagreement.

18 facts·16 predicates·8 sources·1 in dispute

Mostly:estimates gradients via(2), rdf:type(2), causes invalid states at scale(1)

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expressesSkepticismExpresses Skepticism(1)

observesMinimalEffectObserves Minimal Effect(1)

ontologicallySuperiorHereOntologically Superior Here(1)

possibleWithPossible With(1)

potentiallyHasPotentially Has(1)

reliesOnStochasticApproximationRelies on Stochastic Approximation(1)

usesUses(1)

usesAlgorithmUses Algorithm(1)

usesSpsaUses Spsa(1)

Other facts (18)

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18 facts
PredicateValueRef
Estimates Gradients ViaFinite Differences[3]
Estimates Gradients Via2 forward perturbations per step[5]
Rdf:typeAlgorithm[6]
Rdf:typeAlgorithm[8]
Causes Invalid States at ScaleKuramoto Spsa[1]
Unsuitable at Scaletrue[1]
Needs More Perturbations or Smaller ModelTo Work Effectively[2]
Historical OptimizerKuramoto Variant[2]
Uses Finite Differencestrue[3]
Relies on Forward Passes Onlynull[3]
Presupposes Gradient Free Viablefalse[4]
Deemed Ineffectivetrue[4]
Shares Gpu Usage WithLohe Optimizer[4]
Is Ineffective at85M params[4]
Is Fasttrue[5]
Has Low Snr37M+ params with n_perturbations=1[5]
Has Very Low Snrtrue[5]
Method OperationGradient Estimation[7]

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causesInvalidStatesAtScaleblah/watt-activation/part-118
ex:kuramoto-spsa
unsuitableAtScaleblah/watt-activation/part-118
true
needsMorePerturbationsOrSmallerModelblah/watt-activation/part-119
ex:to-work-effectively
historicalOptimizerblah/watt-activation/part-119
ex:kuramoto-variant
usesFiniteDifferencesblah/watt-activation/part-117
true
estimatesGradientsViablah/watt-activation/part-117
ex:finite-differences
reliesOnForwardPassesOnlyblah/watt-activation/part-117
null
presupposesGradientFreeViableblah/watt-activation/part-121
false
deemedIneffectiveblah/watt-activation/part-121
true
sharesGpuUsageWithblah/watt-activation/part-121
ex:lohe-optimizer
isIneffectiveAtblah/watt-activation/part-121
85M params
isFastblah/watt-activation/part-182
true
hasLowSNRblah/watt-activation/part-182
37M+ params with n_perturbations=1
estimatesGradientsViablah/watt-activation/part-182
2 forward perturbations per step
hasVeryLowSNRblah/watt-activation/part-182
true
typeblah/watt-activation/121
ex:Algorithm
methodOperationblah/watt-activation/182
ex:gradient-estimation
typeblah/watt-activation/490
ex:Algorithm

References (8)

8 references
  1. [1]Part 1182 facts
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-118
  2. [2]Part 1192 facts
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-119
  3. [3]Part 1173 facts
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-117
  4. [4]Part 1214 facts
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-121
  5. [5]Part 1824 facts
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/part-182
  6. [6]1211 fact
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/121
    • full textwatt-activation-121
      text/plain2 KBdoc:agent/watt-activation-121/fafe898d-3fe3-4c56-a35c-97487039d829
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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 │ │
  7. [7]1821 fact
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/182
    • full textwatt-activation-182
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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
  8. [8]4901 fact
    ctx:discord/blah/watt-activation/490
    • full textwatt-activation-490
      text/plain2 KBdoc:agent/watt-activation-490/0995e13f-78e2-4e6d-97c3-788b633f495b
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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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