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What is Hugging Face's endgame? Becoming the GitHub for AI?

by kaycebasques 3y ago

nathan_compton 3y ago
Aren't they that already?
jazzyjackson 3y ago
facehugging
aiappreciator 3y ago
I think that is extremely obvious, given their interface looks 90% like github. They are trying to branch out into training AI models and running inference themselves. But their costs for inferencing look extremely uncompetitive compared to GPU providers like coreweave.
- pavelstoev 3y ago
  They should talk to CentML.
sien 3y ago
Get purchased by AWS ?
sledgehammers 3y ago
Whatever it is, I really, really, really, really hope it's doesn't fall into the hands of microsoft, google or the rest. (But of course it will and enshittification ensues.)
clemnt 3y ago
HF's CEO here! yes hopefully if we can help power good AI democratization thanks to open science and open source, we'd be happy. Do you think that's useful?
- reaperman 3y ago
  Yes. I pray for the success of open-source AI, particularly groups like HuggingFace and EleutherAI. I'm also terrified of the unfettered use-cases.
- ryzvonusef 3y ago
  What do you want Hugging face's main product/business to be?
  - clemnt 3y ago
    We've been working a lot on making it easier for software engineers (instead of just ML engineers) to use the HF platform lately with features like https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671159691219709959 https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671159691219709959 or https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671914057866133512 https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671914057866133512
    - ryzvonusef 3y ago
      Thank you for the answer, how successful at converting casual users into paying members? One of the biggest problems Tech companies face is sustainable scaling, I hope you can scale at a manner that allows you to stay relevant without teetering at the cliff's edge.
- gl-prod 3y ago
  That _is_ really useful! Instead of locking it down like OpenAI. I can't access it from my country. Do you have long term plans for HF?
  - clemnt 3y ago
    feel free to try https://huggingface.co/chat/ https://huggingface.co/chat/ fully open-source interface for open-source chat models
    - 3y ago
rvz 3y ago
Getting themselves acquired, likely by Apple Inc.

What is Hugging Face's endgame? Becoming the GitHub for AI?

nathan_compton 3y ago

Aren't they that already?

jazzyjackson 3y ago

facehugging

aiappreciator 3y ago

I think that is extremely obvious, given their interface looks 90% like github. They are trying to branch out into training AI models and running inference themselves. But their costs for inferencing look extremely uncompetitive compared to GPU providers like coreweave.

pavelstoev 3y ago
They should talk to CentML.

sien 3y ago

Get purchased by AWS ?

sledgehammers 3y ago

Whatever it is, I really, really, really, really hope it's doesn't fall into the hands of microsoft, google or the rest. (But of course it will and enshittification ensues.)

clemnt 3y ago

HF's CEO here! yes hopefully if we can help power good AI democratization thanks to open science and open source, we'd be happy. Do you think that's useful?

reaperman 3y ago
Yes. I pray for the success of open-source AI, particularly groups like HuggingFace and EleutherAI. I'm also terrified of the unfettered use-cases.
ryzvonusef 3y ago
What do you want Hugging face's main product/business to be?
- clemnt 3y ago
  We've been working a lot on making it easier for software engineers (instead of just ML engineers) to use the HF platform lately with features like https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671159691219709959 https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671159691219709959 or https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671914057866133512 https://twitter.com/julien_c/status/1671914057866133512
  - ryzvonusef 3y ago
    Thank you for the answer, how successful at converting casual users into paying members? One of the biggest problems Tech companies face is sustainable scaling, I hope you can scale at a manner that allows you to stay relevant without teetering at the cliff's edge.
gl-prod 3y ago
That _is_ really useful! Instead of locking it down like OpenAI. I can't access it from my country. Do you have long term plans for HF?
- clemnt 3y ago
  feel free to try https://huggingface.co/chat/ https://huggingface.co/chat/ fully open-source interface for open-source chat models
  - 3y ago

rvz 3y ago

Getting themselves acquired, likely by Apple Inc.