21-Jul, 2024 - afternoon links, etc.

links, etc Smaller, Cheaper, Faster, Sober | Drew Breunig i’ve been intrigued by the small models that run fast and are increasingly useful for mission specific tasks. this seems like the thing that will be durably useful in all of this AI flotsam. Enterprises are foregoing general models for open ones trained for single tasks. And it’s not just foundation training, but fine-tuning training. Teams are learning that small models trained for a single purpose can outperform the best general models out-of-the-box....

July 21, 2024 · steve ulrich