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[–] 15 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I’m so glad an at home competitive solution to the AI fuckery is here now. I hope this fast forwards the bubble bursting and pc prices go back down when an iPhone or Android phone can run an equally good AI on the device itself.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    PC prices will be heated up by demand for hardware to run local models. There will always be more advanced models requiring more advanced hardware, or at least for a good while. First it'll need better hardware to perfect the text generation, then to improve image generation, then to improve video generation, then to make flawless code in large projects like games, etc. etc.

    At the very least, GPUs and RAM will probably stay overly expensive for a while.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    Maybe not a mobile device, but running decent local models is definitely within reach for the average consumer today by simply adding a GPU with lots of VRAM to their existing PC.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    I mean yes but those gpus are not necessarily within reach of the average consumer anymore. Even if you got one for a grand which is a lot of money you would have cooling and enclosure costs, possibly additional hardware.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (2 children)

    Nah I got an RX 6800 XT for $300 with 16 GB VRAM, perfectly cromulent for a 27B model.

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