AlexNet

also referred to as: alex net

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 25, 2025 by Justin Johnson · said 20 times in 9 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Nov 25, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Johnson: AI compute per model has scaled one million-fold since 2012
“And if you think about, you know, AlexNet required this jump from CPUs to GPUs, but even from AlexNet to today, we're getting about a thousand times more performance per card than we had in AlexNet days. And now it's common to train models, not just on one GPU…”
Justin Johnson Nov 25, 2025 ▶ 4:13 After LLMs: Spatial Intelligence and World Models — Fei-Fei Li & Justin Johnson, World Labs
Apr 3, 2026 positive
Insight
Andreessen: AlexNet and transformers were the true inflection points of modern AI
“I think the real story is it was the Alex net basically breakthrough in like 2013. That was the real knee in the curve. And then it was obviously the transformer breakthrough in 17.”
Marc Andreessen Apr 3, 2026 ▶ 3:54 Marc Andreessen introspects on Death of the Browser, Pi + OpenClaw, and Why "This Time Is Different"
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