2026-09-15 09:28 UTC
Replies (3)
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@nightlily@leminal.space 2026-09-15 09:35
Who can afford the hardware to run an open weight model? We aren’t all earning enough to afford high end NVIDIA cards (when they’re even available).
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@BrickEater@lemmy.world 2026-09-15 10:20
Okay, well you’re on a forum filled with nerds. The average AI user is asking ChatGPT or Claude or whatever the fuck. I garun-fucking-tee you they do not have the knowledge of local models or the capability to set one up. Like genuinely most Americans are fucking stupid.
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@HetareKing@piefed.social 2026-09-15 20:41
Not every software company is a game developer, and even at home, not every programmer plays games on their PC that require a powerful GPU. If everyone working on, for example, business software all of a sudden needs a gaming PC that will be constantly running an AI model, that will greatly increase costs, both in terms of procurement of equipment and electricity. An increase in demand for powerful GPUs in fields that traditionally had no need for them isn’t exactly going to improve the hardware cost situation either. Whether you run the model locally or you leave it to a company, someone is going to have to pay the cost.