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> You can't host the internet on your machine, or download a "Google" or "Meta" but you can download a local model. You can very much host websites on your mac
by latexr 6d ago
> You can't host the internet on your machine, or download a "Google" or "Meta" but you can download a local model.
You can very much host websites on your machine (not the whole internet, but then again you can’t host the most powerful models either) and you can very much download a Wikipedia or Internet Archive.
But most people never will. This idea that everyone will soon be using local models while frolicking happily in the fields is a pipe dream. Besides, local or not, these models can already be harmful in ways the internet took decades to approach.
- armchairhacker 6d agoA local model has more data than Wikipedia and the Internet Archive is way too large to download on a consumer machine. A local model works even if the Internet is perfectly firewalled or straight-up down. However, you still need electricity and eventually replacement parts, so in an apocalypse may not work either.
- armchairhacker 6d agoA local model has more data than Wikipedia and the Internet Archive is way too large to download on a consumer machine. A local model works even if the Internet is perfectly firewalled or straight-up down. However, you still need electricity and eventually replacement parts, so in an apocalypse may not work either.
- latexr 6d ago> A local model has more data than Wikipedia You do understand that was an example, right? Did you know there are other websites you can download? Anna has one that is pretty big and full of information. I’m pretty sure the AI labs know about it too. > the Internet Archive is way too large to download on a consumer machine. The Internet Archive isn’t a single zip download. You understand you can pick and choose what you want to download, right? And also, that it was just another example of many?
- armchairhacker 6d agoBut the Internet and IA aren't controlled by you. They may be censored or taken down without anyone going near you, but not the local model (as long as you have access to electricity and your hardware doesn't break before you have access to replacements).