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Executing programs inside transformers with exponentially faster inference

38 comments · 2,848 words

Complete Created: Mar 13, 05:41 AM (00:02:42)

Models: Claude Opus 4.5 (analyze) · Gemini 3 Flash (tag) · Gemini 3 Flash (summarize)

Article URL: https://www.percepta.ai/blog/can-llms-be-computers (39 words)

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• AI-Generated Writing Detection (7 comments) (Extensive debate about whether the article was written by AI, with discussion of telltale signs like repetitiveness, fluff language, lack of benchmarks, and 'schmoozing salesman feel'. Some defend calling out AI writing while others find accusations obnoxious.)
• Comment Quality and AI Accusations (7 comments) (Meta-discussion about how accusations of AI-generated content could harm community discourse through paranoia, even without technical enforcement methods.)
• Deterministic Computation Integration (6 comments) (Interest in incorporating deterministic calculations into normally non-deterministic model behavior, potentially like having calculators built into brains.)
• Neurosymbolic AI Approaches (4 comments) (References to traditional neurosymbolic computing debates, with some dismissing this as 'old neurosymbolic garbage restated' while others see potential in embedding computational primitives into LLMs.)
• Practical Benefits Unclear (3 comments) (Multiple commenters question what actual benefits this approach provides over external tool calling, asking for benchmarks, speed comparisons, and concrete use cases beyond elegance.)
• O(log n) Attention Scaling (3 comments) (Technical interest in the logarithmic scaling attention mechanism using 2D convex hull exploration, enabling rapid token generation in 'focus mode'.)
• Missing Benchmarks and Weights (3 comments) (Criticism that no model weights or compiler tools were released, and lack of performance benchmarks against baseline approaches limits reproducibility and evaluation.)
• GPU vs CPU Execution Tradeoffs (3 comments) (Concerns about pushing tool execution into GPU context where I/O unpredictability and blocking calls cause latency issues, versus cheaper CPU execution.)
• WebAssembly and VM Embedding (3 comments) (Discussion of why WebAssembly was chosen for the VM, with alternative suggestions like embedded Elixir or other lightweight interpreters.)
• Article Presentation Quality (3 comments) (Praise for the animated figures and visual presentation while criticizing the text structure with too many small paragraphs not making cogent arguments.)
• External Tools vs Internal Execution (2 comments) (Discussion of tradeoffs between having models call external tools versus executing computation internally, including security implications, latency concerns, and the overhead of process forking.)
• Differentiability Advantage (2 comments) (The ability to backpropagate through the computation is highlighted as a key difference from external tools, making this a trainable computational substrate.)
• Interpretability Implications (2 comments) (Interest in how pseudo-symbolic execution could improve model interpretability, especially if significant model behavior occurs through deterministic operations.)
• Chain of Thought Enhancement (2 comments) (Potential for models to modify programs mid-execution similar to 'aha moments' observed in chain-of-thought reasoning, enabling on-the-fly debugging.)
• Human Brain Analogy (2 comments) (Comparisons to human cognition, noting brains can slowly simulate Turing machines but we use external computers for speed and reliability.)
• Batching Feasibility (2 comments) (Questions about whether this approach can be batched efficiently, noting batching requires knowing execution paths upfront which contradicts dynamic tool use.)
• Speculative Execution Architecture (1 comment) (Discussion of using these models for speculative token generation where a fast model proposes tokens and a slower model verifies, similar to CPU speculative execution.)
• MoE Integration Possibilities (1 comment) (Speculation about combining this approach with Mixture of Experts architectures, where routers could select deterministic solvers for appropriate problem subsets.)
• Reinforcement Learning Potential (1 comment) (Interest in combining this approach with RL to optimize models for computational thinking, generating and testing hypotheses in unified thought processes.)
• Security Benefits (1 comment) (Suggestion that eliminating external tool calling improves security by avoiding potentially corrupted external tools.)

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[2026-03-13T12:41:27.201Z] Starting step: fetch_pages (attempt 1)
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.228Z] Fetching HN page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47348275
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.343Z] Fetched HN page: 65590 bytes
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.504Z] Extracted title: Executing programs inside transformers with exponentially faster inference
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.523Z] Extracted linked URL: https://www.percepta.ai/blog/can-llms-be-computers
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.544Z] Fetching linked article: https://www.percepta.ai/blog/can-llms-be-computers
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.637Z] Fetched linked article: 20111 bytes
[2026-03-13T12:41:27.813Z] Completed step: fetch_pages in 593ms
[2026-03-13T12:41:32.447Z] Starting step: extract_text (attempt 1)
[2026-03-13T12:41:32.551Z] Extracted HN text: 18650 chars
[2026-03-13T12:41:32.739Z] Extracted 38 comments
[2026-03-13T12:41:32.861Z] Extracted linked article text: 258 chars, 39 words
[2026-03-13T12:41:33.030Z] Comment word count: 2848
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[2026-03-13T12:41:33.197Z] Starting step: analyze_content (attempt 1)
[2026-03-13T12:41:33.335Z] Calling claude-opus-4-5-20251101 (article: 258 chars, 38 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:41:57.156Z] Analysis complete: 20 topics, 4124 input tokens, 1017 output tokens
[2026-03-13T12:41:57.192Z] Completed step: analyze_content in 23974ms
[2026-03-13T12:41:57.307Z] Starting step: tag_comments (attempt 1)
[2026-03-13T12:41:57.342Z] Tagging 38 comments with 20 topics (batch size: 50)
[2026-03-13T12:41:57.361Z] Processing batch 1/1 (38 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:18.504Z] Batch 1 complete: 63 tags assigned
[2026-03-13T12:42:18.524Z] Tagging complete: 63 total tags, 5667 input tokens, 907 output tokens
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[2026-03-13T12:42:18.654Z] Starting step: summarize_topics (attempt 1)
[2026-03-13T12:42:18.684Z] Summarizing 20 topics
[2026-03-13T12:42:18.739Z] Summarizing topic 1/20: "AI-Generated Writing Detection # Extensive debate about whether the article was written by AI, with discussion of telltale signs like repetitiveness, fluff language, lack of benchmarks, and 'schmoozing salesman feel'. Some defend calling out AI writing while others find accusations obnoxious." (7 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:26.102Z] Topic 1 summarized (1186 in, 167 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:26.136Z] Summarizing topic 2/20: "Practical Benefits Unclear # Multiple commenters question what actual benefits this approach provides over external tool calling, asking for benchmarks, speed comparisons, and concrete use cases beyond elegance." (3 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:31.757Z] Topic 2 summarized (470 in, 130 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:31.790Z] Summarizing topic 3/20: "External Tools vs Internal Execution # Discussion of tradeoffs between having models call external tools versus executing computation internally, including security implications, latency concerns, and the overhead of process forking." (2 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:36.740Z] Topic 3 summarized (586 in, 135 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:36.769Z] Summarizing topic 4/20: "Neurosymbolic AI Approaches # References to traditional neurosymbolic computing debates, with some dismissing this as 'old neurosymbolic garbage restated' while others see potential in embedding computational primitives into LLMs." (4 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:42.308Z] Topic 4 summarized (531 in, 127 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:42.338Z] Summarizing topic 5/20: "Differentiability Advantage # The ability to backpropagate through the computation is highlighted as a key difference from external tools, making this a trainable computational substrate." (2 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:47.190Z] Topic 5 summarized (648 in, 110 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:47.220Z] Summarizing topic 6/20: "O(log n) Attention Scaling # Technical interest in the logarithmic scaling attention mechanism using 2D convex hull exploration, enabling rapid token generation in 'focus mode'." (3 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:52.989Z] Topic 6 summarized (846 in, 146 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:53.020Z] Summarizing topic 7/20: "Missing Benchmarks and Weights # Criticism that no model weights or compiler tools were released, and lack of performance benchmarks against baseline approaches limits reproducibility and evaluation." (3 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:42:59.078Z] Topic 7 summarized (539 in, 135 out)
[2026-03-13T12:42:59.108Z] Summarizing topic 8/20: "Speculative Execution Architecture # Discussion of using these models for speculative token generation where a fast model proposes tokens and a slower model verifies, similar to CPU speculative execution." (1 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:05.872Z] Topic 8 summarized (397 in, 116 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:05.897Z] Summarizing topic 9/20: "Interpretability Implications # Interest in how pseudo-symbolic execution could improve model interpretability, especially if significant model behavior occurs through deterministic operations." (2 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:10.376Z] Topic 9 summarized (234 in, 114 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:10.410Z] Summarizing topic 10/20: "GPU vs CPU Execution Tradeoffs # Concerns about pushing tool execution into GPU context where I/O unpredictability and blocking calls cause latency issues, versus cheaper CPU execution." (3 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:15.419Z] Topic 10 summarized (314 in, 122 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:15.447Z] Summarizing topic 11/20: "MoE Integration Possibilities # Speculation about combining this approach with Mixture of Experts architectures, where routers could select deterministic solvers for appropriate problem subsets." (1 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:20.893Z] Topic 11 summarized (478 in, 131 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:20.921Z] Summarizing topic 12/20: "WebAssembly and VM Embedding # Discussion of why WebAssembly was chosen for the VM, with alternative suggestions like embedded Elixir or other lightweight interpreters." (3 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:27.166Z] Topic 12 summarized (517 in, 127 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:27.196Z] Summarizing topic 13/20: "Chain of Thought Enhancement # Potential for models to modify programs mid-execution similar to 'aha moments' observed in chain-of-thought reasoning, enabling on-the-fly debugging." (2 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:32.689Z] Topic 13 summarized (529 in, 151 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:32.715Z] Summarizing topic 14/20: "Human Brain Analogy # Comparisons to human cognition, noting brains can slowly simulate Turing machines but we use external computers for speed and reliability." (2 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:37.528Z] Topic 14 summarized (226 in, 105 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:37.558Z] Summarizing topic 15/20: "Reinforcement Learning Potential # Interest in combining this approach with RL to optimize models for computational thinking, generating and testing hypotheses in unified thought processes." (1 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:41.050Z] Topic 15 summarized (162 in, 72 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:42.309Z] Summarizing topic 16/20: "Article Presentation Quality # Praise for the animated figures and visual presentation while criticizing the text structure with too many small paragraphs not making cogent arguments." (3 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:48.205Z] Topic 16 summarized (278 in, 124 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:48.231Z] Summarizing topic 17/20: "Security Benefits # Suggestion that eliminating external tool calling improves security by avoiding potentially corrupted external tools." (1 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:51.251Z] Topic 17 summarized (156 in, 72 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:51.278Z] Summarizing topic 18/20: "Batching Feasibility # Questions about whether this approach can be batched efficiently, noting batching requires knowing execution paths upfront which contradicts dynamic tool use." (2 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:43:55.918Z] Topic 18 summarized (295 in, 134 out)
[2026-03-13T12:43:55.949Z] Summarizing topic 19/20: "Comment Quality and AI Accusations # Meta-discussion about how accusations of AI-generated content could harm community discourse through paranoia, even without technical enforcement methods." (7 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:44:02.032Z] Topic 19 summarized (1197 in, 163 out)
[2026-03-13T12:44:02.057Z] Summarizing topic 20/20: "Deterministic Computation Integration # Interest in incorporating deterministic calculations into normally non-deterministic model behavior, potentially like having calculators built into brains." (6 comments)
[2026-03-13T12:44:07.355Z] Topic 20 summarized (541 in, 107 out)
[2026-03-13T12:44:07.372Z] Summarization complete: 20 topics, 10130 input tokens, 2488 output tokens
[2026-03-13T12:44:07.390Z] Completed step: summarize_topics in 108715ms
[2026-03-13T12:44:07.428Z] Job completed successfully

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