Re:English professors double down on requiring printed copie...
by CamperBob2 on Sunday February 01, 2026 @10:20PM
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Yes, the genie is out of the bottle but could get back right in when it starts costing more, a whole lot more.
Local models are already good enough to handle some meaningful programming work, and they run very well on an expensive-but-not-unattainable PC. You could cheat your way through an undergrad CS curriculum with Qwen 80b, certainly, including most liberal-arts requirements.
The genie is not going back in the bottle no matter what happens, short of a nuclear war. There is no point even treating the possibility hypothetically.
Local models are already good enough to handle some meaningful programming work, and they run very well on an expensive-but-not-unattainable PC. You could cheat your way through an undergrad CS curriculum with Qwen 80b, certainly, including most liberal-arts requirements.
The genie is not going back in the bottle no matter what happens, short of a nuclear war. There is no point even treating the possibility hypothetically.