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0 pointsGaggiX27d ago0 comments

Using larger contexts often costs more in the APIs or consume more of your quota but this is becoming less of a problem with models using more clever attention mechanisms and not just full attention on all layers.

You can look at: https://sebastianraschka.com/llm-architecture-gallery/ and see how much things have changed.

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margalabargala27d ago

This is also something of a non issue because as context grows and attention gets diluted, the models perform worse. It'll cost Anthropic more to run your 900k context session, yes, but it's in your interest not to have a 900k session in the first place.

great_psy17d ago

You’re right about performance degradation, but good luck trying to sell that as a product.

You can drive this car, but the last mile of this trip will use as much gas as the first 20 miles.

I think it’s in anthropics interest to keep this fact hidden from CEOs who push for ai adoption.

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