Another question might be; why do machine learning at all? I'm not big into ML/AI though I've been poking it more recently as the open models, such as Stable Diffusion and the more practical Whisper, caught my curiosity. I have a very decent GPU (3090 Ti) and I've poked around a bit. I don't consider ML a super exciting solution to all the problems or a harbinger of general artificial intelligence. There have been some impressive things done recently for sure. There have also been some honestly grotesque overreach with regards to rights and consent. I'm not your AI hype man.