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Human Data is Key to AI: Alex Wang from Scale AI

2024/9/24
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Alex Wang: AI发展可分为三个阶段：早期研究阶段、规模化阶段和多元化研究阶段。当前大型语言模型已基本解决了算力问题，数据成为制约其发展的瓶颈。突破数据壁垒需要提升数据复杂性、增加数据产量以及改进模型评估方法。目前缺乏高质量的代理数据，限制了AI代理技术的发展。大型语言模型在处理复杂任务（例如使用多个工具）方面表现不佳，原因是缺乏相关数据。解决数据问题需要提升数据复杂度，增加数据产量，并利用合成数据和混合数据。需要建立高效的数据“工厂”，并改进模型评估方法，以确保数据质量。单纯的模型租赁业务可能并非长期最佳商业模式，模型市场结构取决于技术突破的发生。开源模型和多家公司拥有类似性能会限制模型租赁业务的盈利能力。在模型层之下和之上都有良好的商业机会。许多企业对AI技术抱有很高的期望，但实际应用进展缓慢。目前AI技术在企业中的应用主要集中在效率提升和客户体验改善等方面。企业应该关注AI技术如何提升其股票价值。AI技术可以帮助企业提升效率、改善客户体验并最终提升市场份额。企业在利用内部数据方面面临诸多挑战。快速扩张时期盲目招聘会损害团队效率和公司文化。减少沟通和协调成本可以提高生产力。快速扩张会破坏高绩效团队的协作关系。公司应该在扩张过程中保持一定的增长速度，以避免影响团队绩效。初创公司成功的关键在于保持高绩效团队的稳定性。外部高管的招聘需要谨慎，需要确保其与公司文化和运营方式相适应。高管招聘需要避免“高管幻想”和“创始人幻想”。创始人CEO需要持续参与公司决策。Scale AI的“MI”原则强调根据能力而非人口统计数据进行招聘。Scale AI的“MI”原则旨在确保公司能够招聘到最优秀的人才。AGI的实现需要数年时间，但其发展前景广阔。 David George: 除了算法和算力，数据在AI发展中同样重要。关于AI领域是否存在过度投资的问题存在争议。对未来AI模型市场结构的预测。企业如何将AI技术应用于实际业务？企业内部数据的价值及其在AI应用中的作用？关于公司在快速增长时期招聘策略的反思。对AGI的定义和实现时间表的预测。

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Alex Wang discusses the importance of frontier data in advancing AI and how Scale AI aims to produce this data.
  • Scale AI is building the data boundary for AI.
  • AI progress is driven by compute, data, and algorithms.
  • Frontier data is necessary for frontier-level advancements in AI.

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What if the key to unlocking AI's full potential lies not just in algorithms or compute, but in data? 

In this episode, a16z General Partner David George sits down with Alex Wang, founder and CEO of Scale AI, to discuss the crucial role of "frontier data" in advancing artificial intelligence. From fueling breakthroughs with complex datasets to navigating the challenges of scaling AI models, Alex shares his insights on the current state of the industry and his forecast on the road to AGI.

 

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