fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
The #AGI arms race is really just an exercise in setting product expectation.
If the expectation for #LLMs are that it must be trained on every last scrap of data available, using expensive GPUs, the pool of companies that can meet that expectation becomes small and elite.
Of course, they can't say outright that the goal is to create an AI oligopoly, so they use mission-driven narratives like "we must achieve Artificial General Intelligence for the betterment of humanity."