distillation

2 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2025 by Steeve Morin · across every show →

Everything said about distillation, oldest first

Feb 24, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Morin: Distilled smaller AI models can outperform their larger base models
“Probably the most, I would say mind blowing thing about distillation is that sometimes the smaller models become better than the bigger model through distillation.”
Steeve Morin Feb 24, 2025 ▶ 1:01:48 Steeve Morin: Why Google Will Win the AI Arms Race & OpenAI Will Not | E1262 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 3, 2025 negative
Opinion
Krieger: Distillation Is Unnecessary for Frontier Open-Source AI Progress
“I think the open source models, Like take Llama, for example, like they've been able to do that from their own research and perspective and data ingestion and training. And so I guess I would say distillation does not feel essential in order to unlock those th…”
Mike Krieger Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 29:39 Mike Krieger, Instagram CoFounder & Anthropic CPO: Where Will Value Be Created in an AI World?|E1265 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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