i don't think it's a secret that a16z is billionaire techie-founder AI-investor $$$! π otoh open philanthropy et al being vehicles for billionaire techie-founder AI-investors is less well understood.
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New Product Features Next Generation AI Capabilities
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OK I admit it the AI features on this new product are next gen.
— Jeremy Howard (@jeremyphoward) 8 aoΓ»t 2024
(Sound on π) https://t.co/mZeOAl5QigOK I admit it the AI features on this new product are next gen. (Sound on )
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Fine-tuning Policy Impact on Open Source AI Community
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No, it impacts every single person that fine tunes those models. Which would be basically everyone who does open source AI.
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AI Pendant Features Explanation Request
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Umm hey when you say "AI pendant"… Can you explain a bit more about the AI features?
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How Cloud AI Services Charge Compute Resources per Request
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How is it charging for compute exactly? If there's 1 request per minute, every minute, do you just get charged for the fraction of a section the query takes?
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How is compute time measured in AI services
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How is their compute time measured exactly? They don't specify the details on their site AFAICT.
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Ambiguity in Compute Execution Calculation Methods
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They don't specify how they calculate when the compute "runs"
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True Scaling Requires Pay-Per-Computation Pricing Models
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When I say "can scale up", jumping from an anemic free tier to an $80/month instance doesn't count. The scaling has to be based on *actual computation time*.
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Scaling Limitations Fixed Instance Sizes Infrastructure Challenges
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No it doesn't scale up smoothly – requires fixed instance sizes.
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Cloud Provider Pricing Models: Fixed vs Usage-Based Billing
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Most providers either charge you a fixed monthly fee for some sized instance, or charge you for each 5 min period that you have >=1 query (which in practice means you'll pay for the whole month anyway).