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I hope hardware becomes so cheap local models become the standard.

I hope that as well, but if cloud AI keeps buying up most of the world’s GPU and RAM production, it might not come to that.

It will be like the rest of computing, some things will move to the edge and others stay on the cloud.

Best choice will depend on use cases.

I think the long term will depends on the legal/rent-seeking side.

Imagine having the hardware capacity to run things locally, but not the necessary compliance infrastructure to ensure that you aren't committing a felony under the Copyright Technofeudalism Act of 2030.

> It will be like the rest of computing, some things will move to the edge and others stay on the cloud.

It will become like cloud computing - some people will have a cloud bill of $10k/m to host their apps, other people would run their app on a $15/m VPS.

Yes, the cost discrepancy will be as big as the current one we see in cloud services.

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