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The story about how they made this happen in such a short period is impressive to say the least. Elon’s strength seems to be making things happen. Getting the largest computer cluster in the world up and running in a matter of months? Unbelievable.
This is the largest computer cluster the world has ever seen.
Can someone please post interesting comments about things I can learn?
To put it this way: after seeing examples of how a LLM with similar capabilities to state-of-the-art ones can be built with 20 times less money, we now have proof that the same can be done with 20 times more money as well!
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I used to think the same way wrt Nvidia stock when it tanked - compute is clearly diminishing returns. Tech companies subsequently announced capex equal to or greater than expected in compute. I smacked myself on the forehead when I realized - I'd been think too much like an engineer. Tech CEOs badly want to believe they have an edge over every upstart from San Francisco to Shanghai. Unlimited spending on compute giv…
This is the danger of being informed only by sensational headlines. Nvidia's stock has fully recovered and is again near an all-time high. You seem to be generalizing about "Tech CEOs" — but in this case, GPUs are the advantage. They are necessary to achieve the outcome, and yet they are severely supply constrained. It's smart to overpay now. Apple did something similar with NAND storage for the iPad mini. They took…
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To me, it seemed like they spent there money to get there. They talked about the massive datacenter they built, but will it pay off is the question.
They may not need direct subscription revenue to recoup their investment. A variant of multi-modal LLMs may be the solution to self-driving cars, home robotics, and more. I keep saying that to be a really effective driver, an AI model will need a theory of mind, which the larger LLMs appear to have. Similarly, any such model will need to be able to do OCR and read arbitrary street signs, and understand what the sign…
I don't have so much faith in the future of current-architecure LLMs, but I do think that AGI will be needed for safe FSD and general-purpose robots that need to learn and operate in an uncontrolled environment such as a home.
Credit to the engineers that built this, but it fills me with rage that Elon has this sort of unchecked power. How long before this starts getting deployed in safety critical applications or government decision making processes? With no oversight because Elon seems to have the power to dismiss the people responsible for investigating him. Anyone not scared by this concentration of power needs to pick up a book.
Judges can only be removed by Congress.
Congressional representatives can only be removed by their peers.
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> There is no monetisation potential. DOGE uses only X links, and I am sure Grok will be the next gov contract. After all he has all the data on everybody down to your IRS tax returns.
How this is even legal. Don’t they have any sort of competitive tendering?
You're talking about Musk and Trump. Legality doesn't even enter into the conversation.
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Any source? I’m a heavy user of Claude and pay for the Teams plan just for myself so I won’t get throttled. Love it. But I’ve been impressed with O1 Pro lately. That said, I don’t like paying both €166 for Claude Teams and €238 for OpenAI Pro. :)
The politics in the comments here are really toxic. What’s happening to HN? This is the largest computer cluster the world has ever seen. Can someone please post interesting comments about things I can learn?