Vent: My AI model training crashed after 3 days for a simple data type error

I was training a new image generator model on my local machine, and it ran for over 72 hours before hitting a memory error because one image file was in the wrong format. I had to restart the whole process from scratch after fixing that single file. Has anyone else lost days of work to a tiny, stupid data issue like this?

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henrycooper6mo ago

Ugh, that's the worst. Had a similar thing happen where a single corrupted text file killed a week-long scrape.

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jessica_hernandez176mo ago

Oh man, "killed a week-long scrape" is my entire life story. I once had a script running for days just to have it all fail because I forgot a single comma. Felt like the universe was personally laughing at me. My code is basically held together with hope and old gum at this point.

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seanlee6mo ago

Tell me about it. I started adding a quick file check at the start of my scripts now, just to make sure everything loads before the real work begins. Saves so much headache later.

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