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People and governments really need to start asking if the results of the current generation of FAANG-size LLMs are worth the costs, in additional chips, power,
by hackermatic 3y ago
People and governments really need to start asking if the results of the current generation of FAANG-size LLMs are worth the costs, in additional chips, power, and cooling water -- especially in locations that are constrained for any of those resources. Are we getting ten times better Google results for ten times more energy? I don't think so.
- s1artibartfast 3y agoThat question is for the investors to worry about, as long as the public and government aren't the ones footing the bill for compute.