I don't think they'd become a fire hazard, but it is true that one would likely pick something else for this application.
Having said that, switching to something like the Tesla V100-SXM2-16GB wouldn't cost that much more.
TBH, I'm shocked at how many people treat Amazon as the first choice for this stuff. Much of it isn't even what most would consider a "production" workload. You are paying for a lot of enterprise-readiness that you don't need for training.
> TBH, I'm shocked at how many people treat Amazon as the first choice for this stuff
You can thank Amazon's legions of salespeople for that, particularly the end of year junket in Las Vegas where attendees are so pampered that about the only thing they won't do is suck your dick
Oh, yeah, they'll also yell at you on stage if you complain about their UI
Having said that, switching to something like the Tesla V100-SXM2-16GB wouldn't cost that much more.
TBH, I'm shocked at how many people treat Amazon as the first choice for this stuff. Much of it isn't even what most would consider a "production" workload. You are paying for a lot of enterprise-readiness that you don't need for training.