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it uses a lot less energy since it runs on your home or company’s infrastructure.

A CPU-cycle requires energy no matter where it is. The open source models may be more efficient, or you may distribute the power usage over a greater geographical area. But you’re not using less energy because you’re running the model at home.

Because of that, I predict that we’re going to see a lot of financial hardship among AI companies.

I do like the idea that open source will kill tech giants.

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it uses a lot less energy since it runs on your home or company’s infrastructure.

A CPU-cycle requires energy no matter where it is. The open source models may be more efficient, or you may distribute the power usage over a greater geographical area. But you’re not using less energy because you’re running the model at home.

Because of that, I predict that we’re going to see a lot of financial hardship among AI companies.

I don’t follow, but I like where you’re going. Let’s see some financial hardship among AI companies.