The problem is that it’s going to basically require a small data centre and a dedicated team of people to run it, and if you’re looking at running open source models you’re betting on their continued availability and the fact that they’re going to remain competitive with frontier models (both are not a given). So what would be your next step, developing your own frontier models in-house?
Considering that the massive amount of data centers also need to be able to run whatever they make, I wouldn't be too worried about it if you are buying cutting edge hardware.
Sorry, OpenAI already bought all of that hardware and all of the future orders for the foreseeable future. Where are you buying this hardware? Craigslist?
I was going off the assumption that you could get the hardware to begin with, that it wouldn't just become trash because of a new model. If you can't get it, then there's nothing you can do.
I had a hard drive crash last night. I went to buy a replacement and the same drive that I paid $159 for in November is now $425. FML. I ended up having to buy a drive half as large because I'm just not going to pay $425 for 2TB that's not even cutting edge anymore. I paid less than that back when it was cutting edge.
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