Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoMicrosoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticismarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft CTO Kevin Scott thinks LLM “scaling laws” will hold despite criticismarstechnica.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·8 months agoMicrosoft CTO Kevin Scott is of course not a reliable source due to conflict of interest and his position in the US corporate world. If anything, the fact that he is doing damage control PR around “LLM scaling laws” suggests something is amiss. Let’s see how things develop.
minus-squareItsComplicated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 months ago Given Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI and strong marketing of its own Microsoft Copilot AI features, the company has a strong interest in maintaining the perception of continued progress, even if the tech stalls. I believe this sums it up.
Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott is of course not a reliable source due to conflict of interest and his position in the US corporate world.
If anything, the fact that he is doing damage control PR around “LLM scaling laws” suggests something is amiss. Let’s see how things develop.
I believe this sums it up.