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Jun 2023
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Jason Calacanis
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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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