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Small local AI models may rival large API models, paper argues
Original: 🧠 Following # Jev , new decision models are emerging. Do we need them, or could a small local model do the job? My paper
A researcher has published a paper comparing large cloud-based AI models with smaller local ones, asking whether big decision models are always necessary. The paper suggests that for simple tasks with few examples, commercial APIs perform better, but with more data a small local model can achieve comparable results — an argument echoing the Jevons debate on efficient computing.
Why now: Ongoing debate over whether organisations really need large commercial AI models when efficient local ones may suffice.
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- 🧠 Following # Jev , new decision models are emerging. Do we need them, or could a small local model do the job? My paper compares them: few examples favour APIs; more data can change the outcome. 👉 The paper: https:// zenodo.org/records/23652645 . 🔗 The article: https://www.… · alessiopomaro@mastodon.uno · 1
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