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"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.
That said, software of all kinds (including machine learning) does make the world more interesting and exciting, so happy to see more investment.
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I agree this initiative helps solve real pain points, and I'm not trying to defend "Crypto" with my question here but isn't solving a "real pain" kinda subjective? For example, many people/companies have the real pain/need to improve ad click-through-rates and reduce crypto/gas fees but maybe these aren't problems you care about.
Solving pain point == A problem we can profit from. Always has been. Plus A16Z has some questionable motives in general based on previous comments by them...
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8x4090 machines should be a lot cheaper than that. 1599*8=12,792. I.e. closer to 16x4090 machines. Sure labor is worth something but he has it in cash, and also there's barely a lot of people (yet) paying high prices for research (non ML ops) labor hours for this yet so the salary wouldn't be that high anyway. Just a pet peeve when ppl under exaggerate how many gpus/flops a dollar can buy (if you're slighly smart wit…
Meh, I was just ballparking. But add a threadripper, compatible motherboard, lots of RAM, fast storage, a few beast PSUs, and tax, and you're probably around 18k. So you ain't getting 2 of these machines for 25k. Plus you'll need to set aside some money for the power bill lol
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thank you!! Indeed, we have been interacting in space very closely and doing our best to keep up and contribute where possible
Is there a way we can apply? I am building https://atomictessellator.com , and since I am 100% technical I am not sure about commercialising or open sourcing it, I definitly would like to open source some of the components (e.g. turnkey dockerized scientific computing environments, the molecular force viewer, and also open up a hub for the environments and models) - when I was in Stanford meeting with some comp chemi…
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8x4090 machines should be a lot cheaper than that. 1599*8=12,792. I.e. closer to 16x4090 machines. Sure labor is worth something but he has it in cash, and also there's barely a lot of people (yet) paying high prices for research (non ML ops) labor hours for this yet so the salary wouldn't be that high anyway. Just a pet peeve when ppl under exaggerate how many gpus/flops a dollar can buy (if you're slighly smart wit…
What about PSU to power all of this, GPU motherboards, SSDs, CPU to not bottleneck this and sufficient RAM? You could argue it's more than 8, but definitely not 16. To utilize those GPUs to the max you need memory bandwidth to even feed it enough data.
I'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
I interpret "GPU poor" the same way as "house poor", i.e. you're poor (lack cash) because you've use it to purchase GPUs, not that you don't have enough GPUs.
Less than 10k H100s makes you GPU poor. The author is presumably using it as a proxy for "possible to achieve AGI".
Noob Q: If I have 25000$ can I buy some GPUs and support the effort for supporting GPU Poor? Like is there a DIYer's guide to do this? I don't want to donate the cash but instead set up a handful of GPUs(Somehow?) and let people pay at cost to use them.
Congrats 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.
I agree this initiative helps solve real pain points, and I'm not trying to defend "Crypto" with my question here but isn't solving a "real pain" kinda subjective? For example, many people/companies have the real pain/need to improve ad click-through-rates and reduce crypto/gas fees but maybe these aren't problems you care about.
Amazing. Those are really solid 1st picks. A huge chunk of the organic experimentation relies directly on them.
Noob Q: If I have 25000$ can I buy some GPUs and support the effort for supporting GPU Poor? Like is there a DIYer's guide to do this? I don't want to donate the cash but instead set up a handful of GPUs(Somehow?) and let people pay at cost to use them.