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The Local AI Moat

The author reflects on the feasibility of running local LLMs on laptops, but laments the growing divide between those who can afford the hardware and those who cannot, citing personal financial constraints and geopolitical concerns.

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  • Running useful open-weight LLMs locally is now possible.
  • A rift is forming between hardware haves and have-nots.
  • The author cannot afford to keep up due to financial insecurity.
  • Despite working at a cloud provider, the author values distributed personal computing.

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