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> I think the tech stack needs another 12-18 months to mature Google has been doing AI before any other company even thought about it. They are on the 6th gene
by mike_d 3y ago
> I think the tech stack needs another 12-18 months to mature
Google has been doing AI before any other company even thought about it. They are on the 6th generation of TPU hardware.
I don't think there is any maturity issue, just an availability issue because they are all being used internally.
- htrp 3y ago100% agree, if I have access to the TPU team internally, it'll be very easy to use in production. If you aren't internal, the documentation, support, and even just general bug fixing is impossible to get.
- ethbr1 3y ago(Has an expert team dedicated solely to optimizing for exotic hardware) = an option (Doesn't have a team like that) = stick to mass-use, commodity hardware That's generally been the trade-off since ~1970. And usually, the performance isn't worth the people-salaries. How many examples of successful hardware that isn't well-documented and doesn't have drop-in 1:1 SDK coverage vs (more popular solution) are there? It seems like a heavy-lift to even get something that does have parity in those ways adopted, given you're fighting market inertia.
- chatmasta 3y agoGoogle sells access to TPUs in its cloud platform, so you'd think they would be more open about sharing development and tooling frameworks for TPUs. It's like Borg (closed source, never used outside Google, made them no profit) vs. Kubernetes (open source, used everywhere, makes them profit).
- fnord77 3y ago> Google has been doing AI before any other company even thought about it This not even remotely true. SRI was working on AI in various forms long before google existed
- TwentyPosts 3y agoWho or what is SRI?
- fluidcruft 3y agoSee http://www.sri.com http://www.sri.com
- fnord77 3y agonext to NASA, probably the most innovative organization in human history https://www.sri.com/timeline-of-innovation/ https://www.sri.com/timeline-of-innovation/