Comment by another_twist
Comment by another_twist 20 hours ago
I am not sure why Meta paid 13B+ to hire some kid vs just hiring back or acquiring these folks. They'll easily catch up.
Comment by another_twist 20 hours ago
I am not sure why Meta paid 13B+ to hire some kid vs just hiring back or acquiring these folks. They'll easily catch up.
What is this referring to? I googled and the company was founded in 2016. No one involved can to a “kid”?
True no one involved in Scale AI right now is a kid. But, their expertise is in data labelling not cutting edge AI. Compare that to the Mistral team. They launched a new LLM within 6months of founding. They're also ex-Meta researchers. But they dont have the distribution coz europe. If we want to tout 13B acqusitions and 100m pay packages, Mistral is the perfect candidate. Its basically plug and play. Compare that to Scale and the shitshow that ensued. MSL lost talent and have to start from scratch given that their head knows nothing about LLMs.
Age aside, not sure what Zuck was thinking, seeing as Scale AI was in data labelling and not training models, perhaps he thought he was a good operator? Then again the talent scarcity is in scientists, there are many operators, let alone one worth 14B. Back to age, the people he is managing are likely all several years older than him and Meta long timers, which would make it even more challenging