Unpacking Meta's SAM-2 with Sama Experts Pascal & Yannick


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Dec 18 2024 49 mins   3

Pascal & Yannick delve into the kind of human involvement SAM-2 needs before discussing the use cases it enables. Hear all about the importance of having realistic expectations of AI, what the cost of SAM-2 looks like, and the the importance of humans in LLMs.

Key Points From This Episode:

  • Introducing Pascal Jauffret and Yannick Donnelly to the show.
  • Our guests explain what the SAM-2 model is.
  • A description of what getting information from video entails.
  • What made our guests interested in researching SAM-2.
  • A few things that stand out about this tool.
  • The level of human involvement that SAM-2 needs.
  • Some of the use cases they see SAM-2 enabling.
  • Whether manually annotating is easier than simply validating data.
  • The importance of setting realistic expectations of what AI can do.
  • When LLM models work best, according to our experts.
  • A discussion about the cost of the models at the moment.
  • Why humans are so important in coaching people to use models.
  • What we can expect from Sama in the near future.

Quotes:

“We’re kind of shifting towards more of a validation period than just annotating from scratch.” — Yannick Donnelly [0:22:01]

“Models have their place but they need to be evaluated.” — Yannick Donnelly [0:25:16]

“You’re never just using a model for the sake of using a model. You’re trying to solve something and you’re trying to improve a business metric.” — Pascal Jauffret [0:32:59]

“We really shouldn’t underestimate the human aspect of using models.” — Pascal Jauffret [0:40:08]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Pascal Jauffret on LinkedIn

Yannick Donnelly on LinkedIn

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