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As an ML + open source developer for over 10y, MacOS support for deep learning is already long gone, Linux is the prime AI/ML OS. However, Apple and NVidia part
by pilooch 7y ago
As an ML + open source developer for over 10y, MacOS support for deep learning is already long gone, Linux is the prime AI/ML OS. However, Apple and NVidia parting away is a good omen for GPU competition I believe. Whatever Apple hw comes up with, if usable outside MacOS software stack, it'd be an interesting alternative.
- gbrown 7y agocrosses fingers in OpenCL
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- navaati 7y ago> if usable outside MacOS software stack Except, of course, according to Apple’s history regarding the matter, it won’t.
- iguy 7y agoUnless the swift-for-tensorflow effort cross-fertilises something interesting, I suppose? If you were asked to guess the most likely path by which AMD cards become widely useful, perhaps this would be as good a bet as any.
- vkaku 7y agoSomeone will need to get ROCm on MacOS, or something like that. God, I really hope AMD goes out of the deal with Apple as well. I'd rather people abandon macOS early than have to put up with Apple imposed implementations like Metal, HLS and Webkit. At the end of the day, Apple should realize that having money alone does not make you , by any means, a popular company. It's the little things that make people sign up for Apple.
- vkaku 7y agoEmphasis on `if usable` I don't think the general crowd will adapt itself to go on to Apple's stack unless it is radically better. Till Apple gets its developers to use what it makes, by enforcing it on its App Store, like the way it pushed people for Webkit - Otherwise it won't have takers.