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The tragedy of the commons is at play here. We could get amazing ML models rivaling the best if people interested could pool together money for a $100k or $1 mi
by ipsum2 4y ago
The tragedy of the commons is at play here. We could get amazing ML models rivaling the best if people interested could pool together money for a $100k or $1 million training run. But there doesn't seem to be the willingness, so we humbly rely on the benevolence of companies like Stability and Meta to release models to the public.
- nomel 4y agoAs someone not very familiar with the field, what is wrong with this comment? Is the scale off? Kickstarter is into the tens of millions these days [1]. I would assume some number of millions might be possible, if the right names were behind it. [1] https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-four-secret-novels-by-brandon-sanderson https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dragonsteel/surprise-fo...
- ipsum2 4y agoKickstarters like the one you linked don't suffer from the tragedy of the commons because people are essentially just pre-paying for a product. With funding an open source ML model, there's little incentive to not be a free-rider.
- nomel 4y agoI doubt there would be much funding for a kickstarter that didn't promise to be open source. > people are essentially just pre-paying for a product I think this is what the 4 nines of the user space wants. A pre trained, open source, model to work with.