Sam Hogan joins MTS to discuss the shift from frontier models to custom open source models, the economics of fine-tuning for enterprise tasks, and how AI capabilities are diffusing through knowledge work.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(00:01) High Level Overview of Inference

(00:03) Evolution of Open Weight Models

(00:05) Cap on Returns to Intelligence

(00:10) Transition to Fine-Tuning and Post-Training

(00:18) Metric to Decide on Fine-Tuning

(00:22) Strategy Differences of Big Tech Labs

(00:27) Future of Knowledge Work and Employment

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