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usonian

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4. I can't keep up. There are models that run on desktops.

Reply to msongs (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 02:31 AM

Yesterday

I doubt that the remaining customers, big businesses, can afford to pay back the trillions invested (methinks in a race to "winner takes all" that isn't going to happen.

Government can afford it but then has to admit why.

1. To spy on everyone mercilessly.
2. To kill more, faster.

People are finding out.

"So that's why memory prices doubled, and I can't even find any to buy"

Personal use really doesn't need mega-scale.

It's used largely for porn over at Google and Grok.

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Holy Hallucination, Batman. AI runs on iPhones. Why the gigawatt data centers? [View all] usonian Yesterday OP

I hate when they make him look thiner Figarosmom Yesterday #1

That was undoubtedly AI. I can't avoid it for my "instant" graphic creations. usonian Yesterday #2

read somewhere not too long ago u can get a complete Ai on desktop NOT msongs Yesterday #3

I can't keep up. There are models that run on desktops. usonian Yesterday #4