Take a Page from the French: The Netherlands Needs Data More Than GPUs
“Data!” I always give the same answer when I’m asked what kind of investments are needed to further support Dutch-language AI. Data. GPUs are nice, but for that I don’t need to be in Groningen. I can already make use of existing European “AI factories” such as the MareNostrum5 supercomputer in Barcelona. What we really need is high-quality, large-scale Dutch-language data. And that’s exactly what they don’t have in Barcelona....