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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec (www.businessinsider.com)

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Running AI is so expensive that Amazon will probably charge you to use Alexa in future, says outgoing exec::In an interview with Bloomberg, Dave Limp said that he "absolutely" believes that Amazon will soon start charging a subscription fee for Alexa

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

13B quantized models, generally the most popular for home computers with dedicated gpus, are between 6 and 10 gigs each. 7B models are between 3 and 6. So, no, not really?

It is relative so, I guess if you're comparing that to an atari 2600 cartridge then, yeah, it's hella huge. But you can store multiple models for the same storage cost as a single modern video game install.

[–] scarabic 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah that’s not a lot. I mean… the average consumer probably has 10GB free on their boot volume.

It is a lot to download. If we’re talking about ordinary consumers. Not unheard of though - some games on Steam are 50GB+

So okay, storage is not prohibitive.