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0 pointsdavidw26d ago0 comments

> I might sign up just to stay on top of a market change that I don’t have an employer paying me to learn.

This is the thing I hate most about AI. It is a huge shift in power towards big companies that have the capital to throw at it. And towards those few mega corporations that control the tech.

It's a big shift away from hobbyists, tinkerers and people exploring ideas on their own time.

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DANmode26d ago

What’s the leading plan to combat that?

davidwOP26d ago

I don't know if there is one. There are models people can run on fairly expensive hardware at home, but will those be 'good enough' compared to the heavier duty resources that a big, well-funded corporation can deploy?

Like... while the open source models are improving, does that converge with the fancy models with tons of money behind them?

My understanding of the economics of it - so far - is that "more computing resources leads to better results" and capital wins that game.

harrall26d ago

Computers took like 3 decades before they weren’t just for the rich either.

In the late 70s, personal computers were still like $4-8k (in today’s money). It wasn’t until the 90s when regular people started getting computers.

So there is one… just time.

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herbcso26d ago

Writing code yourself?

DANmode25d ago

Maybe on a hobby, side project or something.

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