Highly recommended deep dive into the not-so-obvious connection between compression algorithms, guessing games and LLMs ->
@adamgordonbell.bsky.socialI've been a little obsessed with compression and the Hutter Prize.
€5,000 for every 1% you shave off a zip file's size.
Don and I attempt to beat it in the latest podcast episode.
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The Hutter Prize
I texted Don about a side gig: €5,000 for every 1% you shave off a zip file.
It's a real contest. For 20 years, Marcus Hutter has offered €500,000 to anyone who can losslessly compress a gigabyte of ...