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		lumost on May 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OPT: Open Pre-trained Transformer Language Models A 175 billion parameter model might be a couple hundred gigs on disk. The file is probably just too big for GitHub/other standard FB services.

cma on May 3, 2022 [–]

They could just torrent.

lumost on May 4, 2022 | [–]

They could, and their might be a torrent in the future - but torrents lose tracking info. I'm sure the researchers want to know who is downloading their models even if they don't care who it is.

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