AI Recreates Physics Simulation!
45sThe visual of a physics simulation running perfectly, combined with the surprise that an AI did it, is instantly captivating.
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The video showcases Sonnet 5.5's ability to reproduce a complex physics simulation research project, AVBD, which involves simulating collisions, friction, and joints without numerical explosions. The presenter highlights the rapid evolution of AI models, with Sonnet 5.5 being significantly cheaper than its predecessors, and discusses the implications for AI accessibility on personal devices.
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Sonnet 5.5 Reproduces Physics Simulation
Sonnet 5.5 reproduced the AVBD research work, simulating physics of many objects colliding, keeping collisions, friction, and joints stable without numerical explosions, while running fast.
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Porting Source Code to HTML
The AI ported the source code into a single HTML file and set up experiments to match the original work, a very difficult task.
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Ray Tracing Capabilities
Sonnet 5.5 can also do ray tracing, including caustics and volumetric caustics.
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Opus 5.5: Cheaper and Equal Quality
Fable was an AI so good many couldn't believe it, but just three weeks later Opus 5.5 appeared, roughly two and a half times cheaper and matching quality.
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Sonnet 5.5: Five Times Cheaper
Sonnet 5.5 appeared soon after, roughly five times cheaper than Fable, suggesting smaller models.
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Intelligence is in Training, Not Parameters
The trend suggests intelligence is not in the number of parameters but in how well you train them, which is great news for individuals.
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Future AI on Personal Devices
Frontier-level AI systems could be run on a beefy laptop, and later maybe even on a phone, eliminating the need for huge spending.
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Sponsor: Lambda
The presenter uses Lambda to reproduce AI research papers, train models, run inference, and more, with powerful NVIDIA GPUs.
Sonnet 5.5's ability to reproduce complex physics simulations demonstrates that intelligence is becoming more efficient, paving the way for powerful AI on personal devices.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Sonnet 5.5 Reproduces AVBD
Demonstrates the AI's ability to handle complex physics simulations without numerical instability.
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Intelligence is in Training, Not Parameters
Challenges the assumption that larger models are always better, suggesting efficiency gains are possible.
02:11
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AI on Personal Devices
Highlights the potential for frontier-level AI to run on laptops and phones, democratizing access.
02:25Full Transcript
[00:00] Sonnet 5.5 is an incredibly important AI release. I ran my experiments and was completely stunned that it was able to reproduce this research work called AVBD that simulates the physics
[00:13] of a lot of objects colliding. That is incredibly difficult because it has to keep collisions, friction, joints physically stable without anything exploding numerically. And all this
[00:27] while running extremely fast. So, how did it do? Well, you are already seeing it right now, look! Now, part of the source code is available for the research work, so what it had to do is to port it
[00:42] into a single HTML file and set up the experiments to match the original work. It's not the whole thing, but it's really tough. And it can also do ray tracing. Look at that beauty. Caustics,
[00:57] and now volumetric caustics. Oh my. Super good. And while I cut in some of the amazing video games and simulations I made with it, I told you Sonnet 5.5 is an incredibly important release,
[01:14] but probably not in the way you think. You see, first we got Fable, an AI so incredibly good, many people couldn't believe what they saw. But then, just three weeks later, Opus 5.5 appeared.
[01:30] This is an AI system that is roughly two and a half times cheaper, but it roughly matches it in quality. Insanity! But then, even better! Sonnet 5.5 appeared soon after, which is roughly
[01:46] five times cheaper than Fable Cheaper likely means they are much smaller too So let stop there Because that is amazing news for us Fellow Scholars and has huge implications
[01:59] What exactly? Dear Fellow Scholars, this is Two Minute Papers with Dr. Károly Zsolnai-Fehér. So similar intelligence keeps getting possible in smaller and smaller systems. Does that mean that?
[02:11] Yes, it seems that intelligence is not in the number of parameters, it's in how well you train your parameters. And that is amazing news for the little man, amazing news for us.
[02:25] Now hold on to your papers, fellow scholars, because the frontier-level AI systems you see now, we will be able to own and run them ourselves on a beefy laptop, and later, maybe
[02:37] even on a phone. Now I could be wrong, I am just a student trying to learn with you. But I think there will be no need to spend this insane kind of money.
[02:49] We are all going to be part of this new age where all of us will be empowered to build things that used to require huge teams, but not anymore. We will be able to learn new skills easier and cheaper.
[03:04] And this is what Sonnet 5.5 teaches us. What a time to be alive! I use Lambda to reproduce AI research papers, often in minutes. It's also great to train your own models or fine-tune an existing one.
[03:18] Run inference or text-to-image or video easy-peasy. Running a deep-seek chatbot or agent? Super fast, super reliable. Lambda gives you powerful NVIDIA GPUs to run your own experiments.
[03:32] I test ideas from the papers I cover, and moments later, results. Love it! Seriously, try it out now at Lambda.ai slash papers.
