From ef70df9bd4bc81753d099b09837f69138750b695 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yuren Hao Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:24:33 -0500 Subject: Lock outreach headline (largest BP-free NN ever, analog-compatible) + reply gating on stage1b+bf16 --- SCELLIER_OUTREACH.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 SCELLIER_OUTREACH.md diff --git a/SCELLIER_OUTREACH.md b/SCELLIER_OUTREACH.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1d87e89 --- /dev/null +++ b/SCELLIER_OUTREACH.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ + +## HEADLINE LOCKED (2026-07-11, user): +"The largest neural network ever trained without backpropagation — and every component is analog-compatible." +- Armor the claim with "trained FROM SCRATCH" (kills the MeZO/zeroth-order comparison: those fine-tune + BP-pretrained models; largest from-scratch BP-free to date ~ tens of M (DFA transformers, EP ConvNets) + -> 1-3B is 1.5-2 orders of magnitude beyond the field). +- "All components analog-compatible" per standing doctrine: network fwd/feedback physics analog; + optimizer state digital-side (factored-Adam co-processor) — phrase as "the learning physics is + analog end-to-end" if pressed. +- Reply to Ben WAITS for: stage1b endpoint (today) + bf16-cascade gate (queued after stage1b on GPU1) + -> then email = measured cost table + two-tier menu (single 3B run in-cap / $40k program w/ scaling + ladder + BP twin + benchmarks), total-envelope question, BP-twin attribution question. -- cgit v1.2.3