> AI is now running into the problem that large language models are expensive enough to run that they can't be ad-supported. You mean the 3 large companies tha

> AI is now running into the problem that large language models are expensive enough to run that they can't be ad-supported. You mean the 3 large companies that tricked everyone into handing over their data and processing capability to the "cloud" have almost reached a point of diminishing returns due to the amount of processing they are trying to do on it? Oh the humanity. Oh well. Maybe stop post-processing everything? I think it's time to design an open-source federated processing platform where we amortize costly processing tasks to large batches of devices. We have never had more powerful computers, and less control over code or data. I pitched something like this to YC years ago. I guess I should have known better than trying to pitch a cloud computing alternative to a bunch of VC's who regularly tell people that infra is a liability. Maybe if I started my pitch with "rent a bunch of AWS services and..."