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Does anyone know how tied OpenAI is to CUDA? I would imagine it is not locked in. Seems like that would be an easily avoidable mistake.
by HFguy 3y ago
Does anyone know how tied OpenAI is to CUDA? I would imagine it is not locked in. Seems like that would be an easily avoidable mistake.
- 88j88 3y agoNVIDIA/CUDA acceleration for AI/ML are the gold standard, and when there is a ton of investment money coming in (especially when way more is coming in, much faster than usual) the safe bet is to stick with the standard. Additionally, they have the backing of NVIDIA which is huge and has ton of resources poured in to this, compared to any other competitor. On a risk adjusted basis, NVIDIA is a solid choice to standardize on and stick with.
- Eisenstein 3y agoEveryone is designing their own bespoke AI silicon now. CUDA is just a backend for things to run on top of, like how if a whole industry uses a certain power tool brand so everyone in that industry has a backup battery for it and inertia goes into effect. However the vast majority of people working in AI couldn't write 'hello world' in CUDA. The language that makes AI and ML run is Python. If some other hardware came along that could seamlessly take over and let all the Python engines work just as fast no one would notice. That is my perspective anyway.