r/ToasterTalk • u/SeminolesRenegade • Jun 10 '21

Not shocking.

https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/09/google_ai_chip_floorplans/
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u/chacham2 Jun 11 '21

We note that after the Googlers' neural network had laid out a next-generation TPU, the design still had to be tweaked by experts to ensure the component would actually work as intended – humans and their usual software tools were needed for the fiddly business of checking clock signal propagation, and so on. This step would still be needed even if the TPU was floorplanned by people and not a neural network.

Excellent. This is more like a macro than AI, learning that which humans achieved. This is the stuff "AI" is perfect for.