DeepSeek, plus head to head

🌐 DeepSeek AI Advancements: Highlights & Impacts

• 🚀 Latest Models: DeepSeek-V3 & DeepSeek-R1 rival Western AI leaders in performance.
• 🖥️ Resource Efficiency: Achievements made using less advanced hardware = innovation spotlight! 💡
• 🆓 Open Source Win: DeepSeek-R1 employs reinforcement learning without supervised data, making it cost-effective. 📉
• 🇨🇳 Geopolitical Angle: Concerns linger about potential alignment with Chinese government narratives. 🤔
• 🔗 Defying Chip Restrictions: Progress made despite U.S. export restrictions on advanced chips. 🔒

🌟 Economic Implications

• 💸 Cost Efficiency: Open-source strategy lowers barriers for startups to experiment, democratizing AI access globally.
• 📊 Market Shift: Could threaten dominance of proprietary AI platforms like OpenAI and Google Bard.
• 🏭 Hardware Independence: Success with less advanced hardware reshapes hardware-software investment dynamics. 🛠️
• 🛡️ National Security: Raises stakes in U.S.-China tech competition, influencing trade and policy priorities.
• 🌍 Global Ripple Effects: Potential to disrupt international AI research funding and alliances. 🤝

🔮 Predictions About the Future

1. 🧠 AI Talent Pool: Increased collaboration opportunities might emerge between global and Chinese researchers. (Forbes Prediction)
2. 📉 Chip Industry Impact: Advanced AI without cutting-edge chips may shift demand curves in semiconductor markets. (McKinsey Report)
3. ⚖️ Ethical Debates: Reinforcement learning without supervision could push new governance frameworks. (OECD AI Policy)
4. 🌐 Open-Source Boom: Could spark a wave of decentralized AI research hubs. (TechCrunch Insights)

(the above was written by chatgpt)

But check out DeepSeek (a side project of a hedge fund called High Flyer) vs. the rest on this pretty tough task. ChatGPT was better and more relevant (it gave me easy ways to get it done, like a chrome extension I could just click on) but DeepSeek was extremely close, and Anthropic + Perplexity just bonked out.

Fail —

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DeepSeek: Quite helpful… about the level of ChatGPT last October

Still the best: ChatGPT’s current version. Review it here.

Oh and what was I making? Stay tuned for the next episode of my podcast.