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Re:GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free by b3kart on Monday January 18, 2021 @07:25AM (#25821064)
Sure, but that's OpenAI's particular set of circumstances. Generally speaking I struggle to see investors preferring a nebulous non-profit over a for-profit with a clear path to market.
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Re:GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free by littlestymaar on Monday January 18, 2021 @07:31AM (#25821113)
Sure, but we're explicitly talking about OpenAI here.
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Re:GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free by b3kart on Monday January 18, 2021 @07:42AM (#25821207)
Of course. It's just that the comment I've been responding to suggested OpenAI going the "open"/non-profit route was to 1) get top researchers and 2) get investment. I was arguing that this doesn't seem to (generally) be a good way to get investment, but I agree with you in that in their case investment just wasn't a consideration at all.
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