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They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.

by ecshafer 2y ago

what 2y ago
Is there anything of value in TikTok videos?
- deleted 2y ago
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- JoshuaDavid 2y ago
  If you're using the term "value" to refer to monetary value, yes. If you're using it to refer to some other kind of value, it probably isn't relevant to the viability of the proposed merge.
  - squarefoot 2y ago
    I guess the PP question was like "what real world problems could solve an AI trained on TikTok videos?". Sociology research, maybe.
    - jeromegv 2y ago
      The same as an AI trained on YouTube. Extremely valuable.
    - benreesman 2y ago
      The training data is an absurd moat for a mega social network, that’s why you save everything forever: the machine learning architecture to exploit it hasn’t even been invented yet and you have longitudinal dissensions all but impossible to get otherwise. Voice, video, sentiment, ads stuff. With today’s technology you know if a user is about to get cheated on before they do.
- cwillu 2y ago
  Electricians showing bench demonstrations of what symptoms faulty neutrals cause, machinists doing step-by-step demonstrations of making tooling, including their fuckups, scrapyards doing deep dives into the in-practice economics of when and why they buy and sell, lawyers giving explanations of the laws involved in popular viral accident videos, baking recipes, comedians showing their material, musicians demonstrating techniques, etc
minimaxir 2y ago
The entire point is that Perplexity is several orders of magnitude smaller than ByteDance and just making the offer is a sign of immaturity.
- crowcroft 2y ago
  I think Perplexity just wants to stay in the news cycle and get more than it's fair share of discussion. This is obviously not going to happen, and it's absurd anyone's really engaging with it as a serious proposition. But, because they have a new cycle behind it a lot more people are talking about Perplexity than Claude etc.
PessimalDecimal 2y ago
Lots of training data for: - Lip syncing - Interpretive dance - Hover text
- cwillu 2y ago
  Electrical/framing/machining/woodworking/physics/tumbling/rockclimbing/instruments/etc/etc/etc. Honestly it would be a goldmine of training data.
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They would be buying one of the largest amounts of user generated data in the world. Sounds good to train on.

what 2y ago

Is there anything of value in TikTok videos?

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JoshuaDavid 2y ago
If you're using the term "value" to refer to monetary value, yes. If you're using it to refer to some other kind of value, it probably isn't relevant to the viability of the proposed merge.
- squarefoot 2y ago
  I guess the PP question was like "what real world problems could solve an AI trained on TikTok videos?". Sociology research, maybe.
  - jeromegv 2y ago
    The same as an AI trained on YouTube. Extremely valuable.
  - benreesman 2y ago
    The training data is an absurd moat for a mega social network, that’s why you save everything forever: the machine learning architecture to exploit it hasn’t even been invented yet and you have longitudinal dissensions all but impossible to get otherwise. Voice, video, sentiment, ads stuff. With today’s technology you know if a user is about to get cheated on before they do.
cwillu 2y ago
Electricians showing bench demonstrations of what symptoms faulty neutrals cause, machinists doing step-by-step demonstrations of making tooling, including their fuckups, scrapyards doing deep dives into the in-practice economics of when and why they buy and sell, lawyers giving explanations of the laws involved in popular viral accident videos, baking recipes, comedians showing their material, musicians demonstrating techniques, etc

minimaxir 2y ago

The entire point is that Perplexity is several orders of magnitude smaller than ByteDance and just making the offer is a sign of immaturity.

crowcroft 2y ago
I think Perplexity just wants to stay in the news cycle and get more than it's fair share of discussion. This is obviously not going to happen, and it's absurd anyone's really engaging with it as a serious proposition. But, because they have a new cycle behind it a lot more people are talking about Perplexity than Claude etc.

PessimalDecimal 2y ago

Lots of training data for: - Lip syncing - Interpretive dance - Hover text

cwillu 2y ago
Electrical/framing/machining/woodworking/physics/tumbling/rockclimbing/instruments/etc/etc/etc. Honestly it would be a goldmine of training data.

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