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companies can’t replicate it, which is why it is not making the source
code and trained model public. Organizations and individuals can
request access to the GPT-3 API—but not every request is approved.
Among those who weren’t given access to GPT-3 API are Gary Marcus,
cognitive scientist and AI researcher, and Ernest Davis, computer
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the capabilities and limits of GPT-3.
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requests—even as it made access widely available to the media,”
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The two scientists managed to run the experiments through a colleague
who had access to the API, but their research was limited to a small
number of tests. Marcus had been a vocal critic of the hype surrounding
GPT-3’s predecessor.
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on creating larger and larger neural networks is increasing the costs of
research. And, for the moment, the only organizations that can dispense
that kind of money are large tech companies such as Google, Microsoft,
and SoftBank.
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