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What impact?

• esafak 3y ago
  It's used in all sorts of advanced models, like LLMs and image generators. They lie at the heart of so called foundation models. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_models https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_models
  • dinvlad 3y ago
    Right, but what is their "world impact"?
    • esafak 3y ago
      That of allowing people to generate, synthesize, and transform all major modalities of media, from text, to audio and video, for peanuts, instantly. They create immense economic value and increase productivity.
      • KptMarchewa 3y ago
        It's deniable right now. Future looks bright for them, but impact _now_ is more smoke than actual effect.
        • dinvlad 3y ago
          On top of that, they face massive lawsuits for violating existing IP etc. It's far from a proven business model indeed (heck, OpenAI isn't even profitable yet), and even further as a technology (because it is so inherently unreliable - no matter the model size). So atm they just sell hype, and not much more.