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> No, local models will not win Win what? Money, fame? That's not the point of small models, freedom is the point. What's this occultist obsession with "There
by bigbadfeline 2mo ago
> No, local models will not win
Win what? Money, fame? That's not the point of small models, freedom is the point. What's this occultist obsession with "There shall be only one" monopolies? Why only one? That's so irrational and childish.
- nailer 2mo agoWin as the dominant for of LLM interaction. Every so often someone hypes local models as "Don't pay for Claude check out this local modal" and the local modal isn't at all equivalent. That doesn't mean that local models are going anytwhere (as the article motes they're useful) but if you want the best we're stuck with expensive remote models right now.
- pjmlp 2mo agoThe fallacy is that being the best in everything isn't that relevant for most folks, in many scenarios being good enough is sufficient.
- nailer 2mo agoAgreed. I'm thinking about software development where we generally want Opus 5 or better, but if you're thinking general public AI then sure local may be sufficient.
- bigbadfeline 2mo ago> Win as the dominant for of LLM interaction. Maybe, the same way Facebook "won" for social interaction, but for most of us here they're irrelevant. I expect the same to happen to LLMs too, for similar reasons.