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starstruckmon t1_j3wsh74 wrote

>Why were OpenAI the first to make a model as good as ChatGPT then?

That's a good question. OpenAI definitely is more open to allowing the public access to these models than other companies. While OpenAI isn't as open as some would like, they have been better than others. OpenAI might have pioneered some things but the problem is those aren't proprietary. They have published enough for others to replicate.

>It seems clear there is a significant talent and experience advantage in this.

If they can hold on to that talent. Not everyone there is gonna stick around. For eg. a lot of the GPT3 team went over to start Anthropic AI, which already has a competitor in beta.

>I should also mention that no company other than OpenAI has the same quantity of data on human interactions with large language models, thanks to the past 2 and a half years of the OpenAI API.

This is a good point. But is really better than the queries Microsoft has through Bing or Google through their search? Maybe, but still feels like little for 10B. Idk.

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visarga t1_j419sn0 wrote

MS failed the search, abandoned the browser, missed the mobile, now they want to hit. It's about not fucking up again.

I don't think the GPT-3 model itself is a moat, someone will surpass it and make a free version soon enough. But the long term strategy is to become a preferred hosting provider. In a gold rush, sell shovels.

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