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Todays show:
MosaicML Co-Founder and CEO Naveen Rao joins Jason to discuss the open-source vs closed AI debate, the profound impact of AI on society (41:06) AI’s rapid pace of change, and its implications for the future of employment and education (40:42). They wrap the show by breaking down the potential problems with centralized regulation (54:37).
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Time stamps:
(00:00) Naveen Rao joins Jason
(2:54) MosaicML and its purpose
(5:10) Obtaining datasets and incentivizing creators
(8:30) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(9:37) The process of using your data with MosaicML
(11:55) Defining tokens and prompts
(16:53) Fine-tuning the AI model and reinforcement learning
(19:27) The competition with open-source models
(24:26) The cost of running AI models
(26:08) Trovata - Use code TWIST at https://trovata.io/twist for 30% off one year of premium features, like AI forecasting
(27:35) How the GPU crunch has affected cloud models
(32:13) Why demand will not cease
(34:21) Specialized models vs. general models
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(40:42) The impact AI will have on employment
(48:49) The impact AI will have on education
(54:37) Thoughts on OpenAI becoming ClosedAI
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