I'm still not sure what I'm supposed to be using AI for. I already know how to code, tried for a decade to make ACR (auto content recognition) work with CNNs, and as best I can tell, chatGPT can write a news article for you if you write it first and then hire someone else to edit it.
Long Live the 'GPU Poor' – Open-Source AI Grants
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#42Thank you for doing this. Although I'm sure it's not purely for altruistic reasons, open source ai is important:)
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#43What was actually being offered here? Money? How much? This seems like such vague VC-marketing speak.
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#44What was actually being offered here? Money? How much? This seems like such vague VC-marketing speak.
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#45"We believe artificial intelligence has the power to save the world" I don't agree with the side that says AI is about to destroy everything, it seems very hyperbolic... but neither do I agree with this sentiment that it's going to save the world.
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#46I'm glad you guys are sharing some money around, but I really have a hard time thinking of a person with "Dual 4090s" as "GPU Poor". LOL
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#47I'm glad you guys are sharing some money around, but I really have a hard time thinking of a person with "Dual 4090s" as "GPU Poor". LOL
It's all relative. Compared to the huge companies spending thousands per month/week/day on GPU usage, having two 4090s (which you could acquire for like ~$3000) could be considered on the lower end for sure.
Depending on where you live what you pay for power may well be a bigger factor than what you've paid for the hardware.
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#48"We believe artificial intelligence has the power to save the world" I don't agree with the side that says AI is about to destroy everything, it seems very hyperbolic... but neither do I agree with this sentiment that it's going to save the world.
I don't even understand. A16Z's crypto already saved the world. Why is the world in trouble again?
It's to make it even more savier. Think if someone could combine LLAMA with blockchain and create Lockchain. This is kind of saviness we all need.
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#49Congrats to the folks involved.
Even knowing this is partly motivated by branding/marketing, it's great to see a16z getting more aligned with solving real pain points (vs crypto and churning out shallow media in recent years). Hope they can keep it up and hopefully more "thought leaders"/VCs follow suit. Best of luck.
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#50We work in source code security auditing with semi-automated tools using AI and other techniques. Is this approach covered in the grants?
if the work is OSS/public and you aren't trying to start a VC-backed company, it could be! We usually want to see some early work already published, community reception and validation, but feel free to DM Matt or myself and we can take a look!
> if the work is OSS/public and you aren't trying to start a VC-backed company, it could be!
Yes, it is a company that often applies and receives grants. For example, we are working on adding AI to security tools such as https://github.com/CoinFabrik/scout