Cerebras：面临迫在眉睫崩溃的人工智能硬件巨头
前员工的帖子。
在竞争激烈的人工智能领域，尽管Cerebras Systems拥有巨大的晶圆和大胆的宣称，却面临崩溃的危机。其脆弱的基础源于硬件的脆弱性，实际应用范围惊人地狭窄。该公司主要针对LLaMA模型的微调进行了优化，所谓的“速度提升”往往依赖于推测解码，这掩盖了许多“支持”的模型运行效率低下，甚至根本无法运行。这种刚性就像一台一级方程式赛车的引擎，只能在实验室条件下使用一种燃料。
此外，糟糕的软件和内核堆栈进一步加剧了这一问题。目前的基础设施几乎将Cerebras系统限制在LLaMA系列的变换器大型语言模型上。现代视觉管道、扩散模型或其他人工智能范式都无从谈起。在这个快速发展的领域，这种狭隘的关注无疑是死刑。迫切需要进行全面的软件改造，但内部缺乏动力，暗示领导层要么无视，要么不愿意投资于生存。
技术问题因三流的机器学习专业知识和缺乏方向的自上而下的领导而加剧。非技术决策者导致了错误的战略和糟糕的适应能力。机器学习的专业知识水平低下且高度政治化；据报道，像人工智能负责人Ganesh Venkatesh这样的个人的可疑想法被优先考虑，浪费了资源。
极端的资源短缺——Cerebras硬件甚至GPU——使得有意义的工作瘫痪，报告中的数字变得不可信，沦为虚构。言辞与现实之间的鸿沟在加大。
员工中明显的消极情绪进一步指责了公司。员工们在“等待时机”或进行股票交易，而不是积极贡献。这种脱离感凸显了深层次的问题，个人财务优先于创新。
Cerebras看起来是一家臃肿、无能且文化破产的公司。任何股价都将是骗局。稀有的“顶尖人才”已经离开或正在离开。
一切都已昭然若揭。尽管Cerebras高调宣称，但这是一家建立在沙土上的公司，注定要在其局限性和错误选择下崩溃。
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Post by ex-employee.<p>In the cutthroat AI world, Cerebras Systems, despite colossal wafers and bold claims, faces collapse. Its fragile foundation stems from brittle hardware, astonishingly narrow in practical application. Optimized primarily for LLaMA model finetuning, touted "speed boosts" often use speculative decoding, masking that many "supported" models run inefficiently, if at all. This rigidity mirrors a Formula 1 engine demanding one fuel under lab conditions.<p>This compounds with a poorly conceived software and kernel stack. The current infrastructure restricts Cerebras systems almost exclusively to LLaMA-family transformer LLMs. Modern vision pipelines, diffusion models, or other AI paradigms are beyond reach. In a rapidly evolving field, this narrow focus is a death sentence. A complete software overhaul is desperately needed, yet internal motivation is absent, hinting at leadership either oblivious or unwilling to invest in survival.
Technical woes are exacerbated by third-class ML expertise and rudderless, top-down leadership. Non-technical decision-makers lead to misguided strategies and poor adaptation. ML expertise is subpar and highly politicized; questionable ideas from figures like Head of AI Ganesh Venkatesh are reportedly prioritized, wasting resources.
An extreme resource shortage – Cerebras hardware and even GPUs – cripples meaningful work, making numbers in reports untrustworthy fiction. The chasm between rhetoric and reality widens.<p>A palpable resignation within the ranks further indicts the company. Employees are "waiting it out" or trading stocks, not contributing. This disengagement highlights deep problems, where personal finance trumps innovation.<p>Cerebras appears a bloated, incompetent, and culturally bankrupt company. Any stock price would be a scam. The rare "A players" have left or are leaving.<p>The writing is on the wall. Cerebras, despite grand pronouncements, is a company built on sand, destined to crumble under its limitations and poor choices.<p>Get out while you still can.