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Microsoft's willingness to run ChatGPT at a 6 figure loss daily is a strong signal of the value OpenAI's researchers place on RLHF to make the next leap -- both
by vagabund 4y ago
Microsoft's willingness to run ChatGPT at a 6 figure loss daily is a strong signal of the value OpenAI's researchers place on RLHF to make the next leap -- both in raw capabilities and alignment. If they're proven correct, which it's likely they are, then the first mover advantage runs unusually deep, given that the feedback-from-usage flywheel is integral to the core tech. Google could, of course, deploy more broadly overnight if they chose, but their positioning seems to indicate more interest in solving hard science problems with AI than with building human-aligned productivity tools and assistants. The market is broad enough for both, and the latter more readily aligns with Microsoft's business, so I expect the trends to continue. No one aside from Google stands a chance at making up OpenAI's lead.
- vineyardmike 4y ago> but their positioning seems to indicate more interest in solving hard science problems with AI than with building human-aligned productivity tools and assistants. Except they literally have a product called “Assistant” that uses language processing today. Sure gAssistant doesn’t use a LLM to generate the response… but instead it uses factual data from the internet to generate a response. I imagine they could easily roll out a LLM if they wanted, but surely most queries are just smart-home and weather queries that don’t need it. And they have AI infusion into gmail, Google docs, etc. this is where the actual value of a LLM will live. Chat GPT is cool, but the biggest uses of LLM will surely come from “assistive” tech built into these existing products. Why write a document when you can write an outline and the facts and Google docs will write it for you? We’re already getting there with e-mail response autocompletes.