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by hallqv 932 days ago
Depends on your definition of winning - special-purpose tuning is vastly more cost effective since it allows you to train a smaller model that can perform specific tasks as good as a bigger one.

A good analogy is building a webapp - would you prefer to hire a developer with 30+ years experience in various CS domains as well as a PhD or a specialized webdev with 5 years experience at a tenth of the rate?