To address the article a little more directly: it’s notable that the article begins with Sam Altman’s take on the subject. His feelings are based on two fundamentally flawed premises:
These models MUST get bigger for the improvements that their users DEMAND.
The only solution to any environmental criticism is FUSION. A technology that Altman has personally invested in.
2 is ridiculous just on the face of it, but I think folks may have a harder time understanding why 1 is problematic. It is true that OpenAIs business model essentializes the idea that these models can’t ever be run locally, but the incentive to use their cloud services are quickly diminishing as smaller, local models catch up. This cycle will likely continue until local models are good enough to serve the needs of the vast majority of people, especially as specialized hardware makes it’s way into more and more consumer devices.
To address the article a little more directly: it’s notable that the article begins with Sam Altman’s take on the subject. His feelings are based on two fundamentally flawed premises:
2 is ridiculous just on the face of it, but I think folks may have a harder time understanding why 1 is problematic. It is true that OpenAIs business model essentializes the idea that these models can’t ever be run locally, but the incentive to use their cloud services are quickly diminishing as smaller, local models catch up. This cycle will likely continue until local models are good enough to serve the needs of the vast majority of people, especially as specialized hardware makes it’s way into more and more consumer devices.
Yeah I don’t think me using llama on my 10 years old cpu will do any harm :3