Maybe? I also suspect espionage, because it’s be a relatively easy thing to steal and than finetune to look like your own thing. Cheaper labour is and was the main driver of China’s growth, though - otherwise they wouldn’t have the budget to subsidise much of anything.
Yes, for sure. If they did copy it, and did it well, though, there really won’t be a way to tell. If you already have a working full set of weights finetuning a slightly different net is a much smaller job, compute-wise.
I’m sure the story behind “cheap” is the same as that of Chinese metal. Sell it really cheap to conquer the markets with state subsidized money.
Maybe? I also suspect espionage, because it’s be a relatively easy thing to steal and than finetune to look like your own thing. Cheaper labour is and was the main driver of China’s growth, though - otherwise they wouldn’t have the budget to subsidise much of anything.
I’m sure there’s people already trying to figure out if it’s a derivative.
Yes, for sure. If they did copy it, and did it well, though, there really won’t be a way to tell. If you already have a working full set of weights finetuning a slightly different net is a much smaller job, compute-wise.