How open-source & distributed models can win AI with MosaicML’s Naveen Rao | E1754
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 1 June 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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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
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(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
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(27:35) How the GPU crunch has affected cloud models
(32:13) Why demand will not cease
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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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| 0:00.0 | AI, in my view, is the next evolution of what humans can do. |
| 0:04.0 | You know, language was a big technology that humans used to pass knowledge. |
| 0:08.0 | That exploded what humans could do, and the influence we could have on the world. |
| 0:12.0 | AI is going to be that next inflection point, but how are we going to make sure that everyone has a place in that world? |
| 0:18.0 | How are we going to make sure that the demand that's created by the increase in efficiency is commensurate? |
| 0:24.0 | Or does it collapse? |
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| 0:30.0 | Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal breaker for startups to win new business. |
| 0:34.0 | Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a sock to report fast. |
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| 1:33.0 | All right, everybody. |
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