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Apply to TRC! You personally can get the same computing resources. https://blog.gpt4.org/jaxtpu https://blog.gpt4.org/jaxtpu For some reason, everyone is reluc
by sillysaurusx 5y ago
Apply to TRC! You personally can get the same computing resources. https://blog.gpt4.org/jaxtpu https://blog.gpt4.org/jaxtpu
For some reason, everyone is reluctant to apply. I wrote that to dispel some of the hesitation. Wanting to play with TPUs is a fine reason to join.
Some reasons why TRC is awesome: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27728225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27728225
- lostmsu 5y ago> For some reason, everyone is reluctant to apply We just don't want another vendor lock-in. Especially for research projects. Maybe if TPUs were sold in the open market.
- stellaathena 5y agoTurning down hundreds of thousands of dollars of cloud credits because of vendor lock-in is extremely shortsighted for the overwhelming majority of projects.
- lostmsu 5y ago> extremely shortsighted I think it is extremely LONG-sighted: an individual research institute might save $100k right now, but the lock-in might force 10x pay in 5 years to continue research. Not to mention it might affect ability of smaller institutes and individual researchers to enter the field, which is also worse for research as whole.
- syntaxing 5y agoThis is super interesting, the way its worded, I honestly expected it to be for research scientist or ambitious projects like EluetherAI. Really appreciate the HN comment and blog post for that perspective!
- nerderloo 5y agoIf Google jacks up the price of TPU or terminate the TPU usage because they don't like you, you're screwed. It's quite a high risk for commercial product companies.
- Proven 5y ago> For some reason, everyone is reluctant to apply. I'm trying to minimize my carbon footprint so I decided to pass.