Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple
by cryogenicfire on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:07PM
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I feel like Apple is only testing the waters with AI right now, but perhaps if they get involved enough they'll spend money on their own compute infrastructure? Nvidia is kind of the king at GPU compute right now, and developing comparable hardware is no small or cheap task, but I think Apple is in a very good position to be able to make it work---if they decide to invest in it. But honestly, as far as corporate feud goes, I feel like companies will happily suck it up if it makes some process cheaper and/or easier
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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple
by tambourine_man on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:17PM
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I think you’re completely correct, but if they were caught off guard by the AI train, they shouldn’t be testing the waters now. It should be treated as an existential threat.
Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple
by cryogenicfire on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:24PM
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I've always wondered why Apple is never in the conversation of modern AI, like until now it almost feels like they've been just watching from the sidelines without taking part in all the commotion
Maybe they can just afford to observe before making major decisions on the direction of the company... For a company like Apple, I feel like they won't lose their customer-base just because they are taking the AI race slowly, in fact Apple has often been late to introducing very common feature
Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple
by cryogenicfire on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:27PM
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I hit reply before I finished typing XD
... Anyways, my point being that Apple will gladly introduce a polished product a couple of years after everyone else has already done it, and their target audience will still applaud their work and give them money. Apple for some reason simply _can_ afford to test the water