($100-plan, no agents, no mcp, one session at a time)
Anthropic raises $13B Series F
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Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not clear to me that each new generation of models is going to be "that" much better vs cost. Anecdotally moving from model to model I'm not seeing huge changes in many use cases. I can just pick an older model and often I can't tell the difference... Video seems to be moving forward fast from what I can tell, but it sounds like the back end cost of compute there is skyrocketing with it raising other questions.
We do seem to be hitting the top of the curve of diminishing returns. Forget AGI - they need a performance breakthrough in order to stop shoveling money into this cash furnace.
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#123The compute moat is getting absolutely insane. We're basically at the point where you need a small country's GDP just to stay in the game for one more generation of models. What gets me is that this isn't even a software moat anymore - it's literally just whoever can get their hands on enough GPUs and power infrastructure. TSMC and the power companies are the real kingmakers here. You can have all the talent in the w…
It's not clear to me that each new generation of models is going to be "that" much better vs cost. Anecdotally moving from model to model I'm not seeing huge changes in many use cases. I can just pick an older model and often I can't tell the difference... Video seems to be moving forward fast from what I can tell, but it sounds like the back end cost of compute there is skyrocketing with it raising other questions.
In the meanwhile, "better data", "better training methods" and "more training compute" are the main ways you can squeeze out more performance juice without increasing the scale. And there are obvious gains to be had there.
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#124The compute moat is getting absolutely insane. We're basically at the point where you need a small country's GDP just to stay in the game for one more generation of models. What gets me is that this isn't even a software moat anymore - it's literally just whoever can get their hands on enough GPUs and power infrastructure. TSMC and the power companies are the real kingmakers here. You can have all the talent in the w…
In this imaginary timeline where initial investments keep increasing this way, how long before we see a leak shutter a company? Once the model is out, no one would pay for it, right?
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#125Impressive round but it seems unlikely this game can go on much longer before something implodes. Given the amount of cash you need to set of fire to stay relevant it’s becoming nearly impossible for all but a few players to stay competitive, but those players have yet to demonstrate a viable business model. With all these models converging, the big players aren’t demonstrating a real technical innovation moat. Every…
It's going to rock the market like we've never seen before.
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not clear to me that each new generation of models is going to be "that" much better vs cost. Anecdotally moving from model to model I'm not seeing huge changes in many use cases. I can just pick an older model and often I can't tell the difference... Video seems to be moving forward fast from what I can tell, but it sounds like the back end cost of compute there is skyrocketing with it raising other questions.
We do seem to be hitting the top of the curve of diminishing returns. Forget AGI - they need a performance breakthrough in order to stop shoveling money into this cash furnace.
Called efficient compute frontier
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#127The compute moat is getting absolutely insane. We're basically at the point where you need a small country's GDP just to stay in the game for one more generation of models. What gets me is that this isn't even a software moat anymore - it's literally just whoever can get their hands on enough GPUs and power infrastructure. TSMC and the power companies are the real kingmakers here. You can have all the talent in the w…
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#128I feel like the money itself makes less and less sense these days. It's just numbers that are becoming increasingly detached from the real world
All of whom have a real world standardized thing to exchange for this already
Why do you think this discussion even needs to include the people who don’t have that standardized thing to exchange? If thats what you think
Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#129Re: Anthropic raises $13B Series F
#130What a fantastic amount of money flying around though, to support my inane queries to Claude.