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I've been looking to do part 1, so this is really cool - looking forward to this too! On http://course.fast.ai/part2.html http://course.fast.ai/part2.html the t

by mcintyre1994 9y ago

I've been looking to do part 1, so this is really cool - looking forward to this too! On http://course.fast.ai/part2.html http://course.fast.ai/part2.html the thumbnail for lesson 8 has specs for building a PC, with advice to use pcpartpicker. For part 1 I liked the idea of using AWS and only paying for a few hours, does part 2 have a hard requirement of a >$100s investment in hardware?

jmeyers44 9y ago
There is no requirement, but if you are spending a meaningful amount of money per month on AWS (over $100) and plan on working on DL projects for the next year or two it might make sense to make the initial up front investment.
- alexcnwy 9y ago
  You can definitely get by just using AWS and the flexibility is great but it can get expensive. The Tiramisu model from lesson 14 takes like 25 hours to train and at $0.90 per hour, it adds up pretty fast...