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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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πŸš€ LLMs are getting huge. But do we need all that firepower all the time?

Welcome to the world of Mixture of Experts (MoE) β€” where only the smartest parts of your model wake up for a task.

Imagine this:

  • 🧠 Ask a math question β†’ the math expert jumps in
  • 🎨 Ask about art β†’ the rest chill out

That’s MoE.
Now add Sparse MoE, and only a few selected "experts" activate per request β€” saving compute, memory, and time.

πŸ’‘ This piece breaks down:
β€’ What MoE is (and isn’t)
β€’ How gating + routing networks work
β€’ Why Sparse MoE is a game-changer for scaling AI
β€’ Real-world examples from Google’s Switch Transformer to multilingual apps
β€’ Why this might be the most efficient way to scale LLMs in 2025

πŸ“š Dive in and future-proof your AI knowledge β†’
https://medium.com/code-your-own-path/from-giants-to-sprinters-mixture-of-experts-moe-for-efficient-ai-034caf0dee1e

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