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GPUs are consumables, not infrastructure. Model weights are the lasting thing. It's always like that with software. You can still run an OS or a program made 2
by TeMPOraL 6mo ago
GPUs are consumables, not infrastructure. Model weights are the lasting thing.
It's always like that with software. You can still run an OS or a program made 20 years ago, in some cases that program may in fact have no modern replacements available (think niche domains) - meanwhile, in those 20 years, you've probably churned through 5-10 generations of computing hardware.
- wr2 6mo agoThis is completely false - GPUs are not consumables, they are factors of production. Models are technologies. Without the GPUs the technology is not accessible. You sound like someone who thinks they have a strong understanding of economics when they don't.
- ben_w 6mo agoI had to look up "factors of production" to see what this was about. Looks to me like, as with a drill bit, a GPU could be reasonably classified as either a consumable or a factor of production. This is because GPUs wear out and fail; the smaller the features, the faster electromigration kills them.