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Re:Apple M3 Ultra by archagon on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @02:32PM (#43271161)
That's quite a reductio ad absurdum. No, I don't generate my own electricity (though I could). But I don't use tools for work that can change out from under me at any moment, or that can increase 10x in price on a corporate whim.
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Re:Apple M3 Ultra by hobofan on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @02:37PM (#43271222)
And why would that require running AI models locally? You can be in essentially full control by using open source (/open weight) models (DeepSeek etc.) running on exchangable cloud providers that are as replaceable as your electricity provider.
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Re:Apple M3 Ultra by archagon on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @02:40PM (#43271266)
Sure, I guess you can do that as long as you use an open weight model. (Offline support is a nice perk, however.)
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Re:Apple M3 Ultra by alok-g on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @02:39PM (#43271248)
We align.

I tend to do the same thing. I do not consider myself as a good representative of an average user though.

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