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Ask HN: Why call it "inference" instead of just "model hosting"?

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Re: Ask HN: Why call it "inference" instead of just "model hosting"?

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I wouldn’t say they’re interchangeable. You would have both apply to a model but they have different meanings.

You’d host the model so it’s available to be used.

You’d request it to infer when you wanted to use the model for its purpose.

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