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_Arsenie_Boca_ t1_irx6bvg wrote

Reply to comment by freezelikeastatue in [D] Looking for some critiques on recent development of machine learning by fromnighttilldawn

I guess this is part of the bitter lesson. Sacrificing some quality for quantity seems to pay off in many cases

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freezelikeastatue t1_irx78wt wrote

It pays off in the general sense of text generation and image generation. The errors and chaos is what makes it beautiful. I’m not sure how others are using the data for more technical applications but it seems to be working, whatever they’re doing. My warning to everybody who reads this is download all the scripts and code you can of the diffusers and encoders and decoders and models, because all that shit is going to become proprietary very soon. you must understand that while those who created the source code did create it under those open licenses that make it free, they have the absolute authority to remove it as we are slowly starting to see.

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_Arsenie_Boca_ t1_irx86or wrote

I see your point but I wouldnt see it too pessimistically. If anything the not-so-open policy of OpenAI has lead to many initiatives that aim to demcratize AI. If they decide to go commercial as well, others will take their place.

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freezelikeastatue t1_irx9anz wrote

Agreed and I think what the civilian developer core has done in spite of OpenAIs promise of OPEN AI is a testament. But we cannot forget invention, patents, and capitalism. We’re early in understanding just what this technology does but we as individuals don’t have the computational resources capitalistic organizations do. The models that are out now and freely available are so fucking lucrative, its not even funny. If one were so inclined, which I am, you can develop software without one software developer. Simple code yes but multiple instances of simplicity compounded becomes quite complex. And wouldn’t you agree that building a software system is best when done incrementally and object oriented?

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_Arsenie_Boca_ t1_irxaphg wrote

While I am optimistic about the open-ness of AI, I am much more pessimistic regarding its capabilities. I dont believe AI could replace a team of software engineers anytime soon.

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visarga t1_irzod3c wrote

Not a whole team, not even a whole job, but plenty of tasks can be automated. By averaging over many developers there is a cumulative impact.

But on the other hand software has been cannibalising itself for 70 years and we're still accelerating, there's always space at the top.

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