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ept.git/EMAIL_BEN_DRAFT2.md, branch master Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. stage1b_amp epoch confirm SEALED: 1.2868 vs fp32 1.2808, zero guards, 1.56x held 2026-07-12T17:41:03+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-12T17:41:03+00:00 27cecb987fff1d6acd2f2e7bfaa7f8a01670bde5 Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

Draft 7: reply to Ben's Overleaf-comments email (slop critique accepted, two-papers class-boundary framing) 2026-07-12T14:32:18+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-12T14:32:18+00:00 97d2d5b9e9e9717748dbc023b2e3d459aede2299 Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

RESULT 15 (amp lossless 1.56x) + COST_MODEL v2.1 (sourced July-2026 prices, EF unit fix) + Draft 6 cost/scale rewrite 2026-07-12T11:54:03+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-12T11:54:03+00:00 68325e9fc389498b6e1c935c34b70fe37adb3b8e Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

E-tier wave-1 ledger (RESULT 14 + HW map rows) + cost model v2 recalibrated on measured H200 datapoint 2026-07-12T10:44:18+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-12T10:44:18+00:00 411870d64f00181ea41a8059f4b53f5b232447c0 Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014FAPDWQ49M5Ye3NpTndTpn

Draft 6: formulation correction conceded precisely; same-gradient-different-algorithms answer with the two resolvents; note attached; scope concession (MLP/CNN/RNN) 2026-07-11T17:57:39+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-11T17:57:39+00:00 51780a4bf72458c8fdad61d36a9f5540be8e96c3

Draft 5 FINAL: post-quick-reply follow-up shape (Overleaf link + gap ledger + 3.2x calibrated against their 18-day App B + cost table + analog hook + two-papers ask) + send checklist 2026-07-11T16:44:51+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-11T16:44:51+00:00 5f5b3426db124cd45d4a894ebe15f96902fc7d60

Ben draft 5: engages 2606.03584 directly (Eq.10==our objective; AsymEP-reduces-to-vanilla answer; mod-PGD convergence; their beta one-liner -> our quantified SNR); claim rescoped to first-transformer-LM; hardware paragraph tied to their open question 2026-07-11T16:18:12+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-11T16:18:12+00:00 5bd8e381d6c88c89e74794003d0c2f9c04324983

Ben draft 4: academic register (metaphors stripped per user style correction); register-split rule recorded in style profile 2026-07-11T14:27:15+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-11T14:27:15+00:00 6f4ac86e8e1774cd4c79aabcf71af3eae2c6225d

Ben draft 3.1: closing paragraph = split-vs-merge strategic ask (our lean: two papers, capstone at 'the broadest venue the result can carry' — Nature unspoken) 2026-07-11T14:18:09+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-11T14:18:09+00:00 635f5a3a974a10dd1b84487f60f2b9a1447967fd

Ben draft 3: largest NN (not LM), no cascade internals, gap-vs-no-gap as headline, 3B-Chinchilla/7-8B earn-the-conversation framing, analog-LM plan hook for Rain 2026-07-11T14:15:23+00:00 Yuren Hao yurenh2@illinois.edu 2026-07-11T14:15:23+00:00 760665a38f80ed39cc341f7320b247a88ba55537