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This sounds like a reasonable take (exponential vs log discussion notwithstanding). It is also corroborated by their recent pitch to the White House for 5-gigaw
by airstrike 2y ago
This sounds like a reasonable take (exponential vs log discussion notwithstanding). It is also corroborated by their recent pitch to the White House for 5-gigawatt data centers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-24/openai-pitched-white-house-on-unprecedented-data-center-buildout https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-24/openai-pi...
Posted here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41642905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41642905 but it didn't get traction
- 93po 2y agoI think don't you can assume the massive data centers are an indication of the training needed or expected. I think it's also perfectly plausible that they're expecting massive demand of actual services, and as with most things, the larger scale you can do something, the lower the cost per user.
- airstrike 2y agoWe've seen lots of "massive demand" of software services, but none have historically required 5GW data centers
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