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Re:Could you train a ChatGPT-beating model for $85,000 and r... by dekhn on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:29PM (#35392203)
I used to work for Google Cloud (I built a predecessor to Preemptible VMs and also launched Google Cloud Genomics). But even before I worked at Google I was a big fan of AWS (EC2 and S3).

Buying and selling hardware isn't free; it comes with its own cost. I would not want to be in the position of selling a $100K box of computer equipment- ever.

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Re:Could you train a ChatGPT-beating model for $85,000 and r... by capableweb on Friday March 31, 2023 @03:32PM (#35392253)
:)

True, but some things are harder to sell than others. A100's in today's market would be easy to sell. Harder to buy, because the supply is so low unless you're Google or another big name, but if you're trying to sell them, I'm sure you can get rid of them quickly.

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