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What The Hell Is DeepSeek?

2025/1/31
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Ed Zitron
一位专注于技术行业影响和操纵的播客主持人和创作者。
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Ed Zitron: 我认为DeepSeek的出现对整个生成式AI行业,特别是对美国公司来说,是一个巨大的冲击。他们开发的模型不仅在性能上与OpenAI等巨头旗鼓相当,甚至在某些方面还超越了它们,但成本却低得多,运行效率也高得多。这直接挑战了美国公司长期以来奉行的‘越大越好’的策略,也动摇了他们赖以生存的高成本商业模式。DeepSeek的开源策略更是雪上加霜,使得任何人都可以免费使用和改进他们的模型,这将加速技术迭代,并进一步挤压美国公司的生存空间。 DeepSeek的成功,也暴露了美国生成式AI公司的一些问题。他们长期以来依赖于高额的资金投入和无限的算力,忽视了效率和成本控制,这使得他们缺乏应对竞争的灵活性。而DeepSeek则通过精巧的算法和技术创新,在有限的资源下实现了高性能和低成本,这为其他AI公司树立了一个新的标杆。 当然,DeepSeek的崛起也引发了一些担忧。例如,其资金来源和数据安全问题,以及潜在的国家资助等。但无论如何,DeepSeek的出现都将深刻地改变生成式AI行业的竞争格局,迫使美国公司重新思考其发展战略。

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This chapter introduces DeepSeek, a relatively unknown Chinese AI company that has disrupted the generative AI industry with its efficient and open-source models. These models are significantly cheaper to run and outperform existing models from major players like OpenAI. This has sent shockwaves through the market, challenging the established narrative of expensive AI development.
  • DeepSeek's models undercut OpenAI's in several meaningful ways
  • DeepSeek's models are open source and significantly more efficient
  • The AI bubble narrative is challenged by DeepSeek's cost-effectiveness

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In this episode, Ed Zitron explains how DeepSeek, a relatively-unknown Chinese model AI developer incubated in a hedge fund, has punctured the generative AI bubble, throwing the US startup scene (and markets) into disarray.


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