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As 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 woul
by nomel 4y ago
As 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.