2026-10-23T03:16:02Z https://nostr.now Meredith Whittaker https://nostr.now/npub1vt77trskt354dp399cjals20cegwf7tkjgj08gpwx4s46v3wxssq8y5vdp https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/accounts/avatars/109/411/041/126/492/099/original/635cbea4cd28eaf3.jpg https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/accounts/avatars/109/411/041/126/492/099/original/635cbea4cd28eaf3.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrefqdnjxj3rtk0qkg99d9lw2x3vqc5ucjxdm9v5h7trnz7f3t2dgzyp30mevwzewxj45xy5hzth7pflr9pe8ew6fzfuaq9c6kzhfj9c6zqzmn2eh 📣NEW paper! Don’t believe the hype: bigger AI ≠ better AI. @SashaMTL, @GaelVaroquaux and me on how the race to bigger, and bigger AI has bad consequences and isn&#39;t necessary. <br/><br/>1. Smaller AI models often perform better than big models in context<br/><br/>And <br/><br/>2. obsession with bigness has severe collateral consequences, from climate costs, to concentrated power, to more surveillance, to the capture of AI research. <br/><br/>All of this, and what we can do instead 👇<br/><br/>arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160<br/> <img src="https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/197/086/235/242/904/original/35f70e3883458c9b.png"> <br/> 2024-09-25T07:48:52Z