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I think the assumption that companies are willing to spend 10 billion dollars on AI training is unrealistic. Even the biggest companies would find such an inves
by ahofmann 4y ago
I think the assumption that companies are willing to spend 10 billion dollars on AI training is unrealistic. Even the biggest companies would find such an investment to be a financial burden.
- pixl97 4y agoYou're "probably" right, but it's not something I'm going to place bets on with the level of uncertainty. When you have some companies still sitting on war chests of tens of billions of dollars, and almost nothing to spend it on, not investing in AI is a risk in itself. If your competitor succeeds they may rapidly take parts of your market while you now attempt to reproduce their work. Also if these 10 billion dollar models are 'AGI' level, then your model pays for itself if you can find enough interesting work to throw at it.
- PeterisP 4y agoIf they really believe that it will bring appropriate returns, a $10B investment is manageable. It is a significant burden, but even much larger investments have been made - e.g. Starlink satellite fleet on the private side, or the Large Hadron Collider from government funds.