Reddit Debate: Training Data Quality May Matter More Than Compute
Reddit users argue that high-quality training data may matter more than compute, as overseas labs produce near-frontier models with far fewer chips; separately, Chinese labs are reportedly paying US data firms like Mercor and SurgeAI for expert-made training data, sparking controversy.
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