Agreed on that last point. The enthusiasts in my department rarely have an answer when I point to my 8gb Mac and say "how the hell am I running anything on-device" because they're consumed with the question of "ethical use."
Does SA really care about people running local models, though. I think he cares about all the rooms in institutional or enterprise settings that run those tiny, ancient square PCs from HP or Dell (medical intake, classrooms, admin assistants/clerks) that would look at the difference between replacing each PC in this "supply-constrained environment" - what's getting at me is the idea of what something like a "hybrid environment" would look like for funding-strapped orgs who are facing a refresh schedule.
The "it makes no sense" rhetoric has been around for a couple of years now, I guess the, uh, charm offensive is about substantiating valuation or something. But in a way this is the most good-faith argument I've heard from this dolt (SA, not you). In a lot of ways we've obscured the computer per se from the people who depend on it in the org, they might as well be using a thin client for all they know or care about the box itself.
This is the guy behind Worldcoin. Look that up. He thought that was a good idea.
There’s something deeply bizarre in his reasoning and worldview that looks like either badly disguised self motivated reasoning or some kind of ultra naïveté.
its not deeply bizzar. its just selfish. he wants all the moneys so he reasons in a way that makes that seem logical. there are names for such people. A lot of CEO types are like that. it takes a certain type of person to become a multi billionaire.
“You want maximum utilization in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment. And somehow, many people’s intuition is the opposite of that,” Altman
At this point is has to be bad faith.
"I don't understand why people don't want to depend on AND share all their data with the company that makes me too rich".
"They should be conservative with building more RAM, because it would be very bad [for me] if people could afford RAM and run open models locally".
Agreed on that last point. The enthusiasts in my department rarely have an answer when I point to my 8gb Mac and say "how the hell am I running anything on-device" because they're consumed with the question of "ethical use."
Does SA really care about people running local models, though. I think he cares about all the rooms in institutional or enterprise settings that run those tiny, ancient square PCs from HP or Dell (medical intake, classrooms, admin assistants/clerks) that would look at the difference between replacing each PC in this "supply-constrained environment" - what's getting at me is the idea of what something like a "hybrid environment" would look like for funding-strapped orgs who are facing a refresh schedule.
The "it makes no sense" rhetoric has been around for a couple of years now, I guess the, uh, charm offensive is about substantiating valuation or something. But in a way this is the most good-faith argument I've heard from this dolt (SA, not you). In a lot of ways we've obscured the computer per se from the people who depend on it in the org, they might as well be using a thin client for all they know or care about the box itself.
This is the guy behind Worldcoin. Look that up. He thought that was a good idea.
There’s something deeply bizarre in his reasoning and worldview that looks like either badly disguised self motivated reasoning or some kind of ultra naïveté.
its not deeply bizzar. its just selfish. he wants all the moneys so he reasons in a way that makes that seem logical. there are names for such people. A lot of CEO types are like that. it takes a certain type of person to become a multi billionaire.
Dark Triad [1]
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_triad
> there are names for such people.
Psychopath and narcissist come to mind.
"The Neuroscience of Real Life Monsters: Psychopaths, CEOs, & Politicians (Science on Tap Livestream)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4j6PzwmFgc
“You want maximum utilization in the cloud if you’re trying to deal with this very supply-constrained environment. And somehow, many people’s intuition is the opposite of that,” Altman
"RAM for me, but not for thee."
A double standard older than history itself.