Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating
Baby’s first local AI agent. | Photo: Antonio G.
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Key points
- I'm embarking on a journey I've so far been hesitant to go on: actually using AI on the regular.
- Giving my most personal data to cloud services has been a major hold up for me, but it's increasingly possible to run powerful models locally to see what they're capable of.
- Is this tech so useful that it's worth throwing gobs of money at a computer or a laptop with lots of overpriced RAM?
- A big part of Apple's pitch for its new Mac desktops is how good they ...
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- [1]Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustratingThe Verge: AI · Oct 11, 11:00 AM
Baby’s first local AI agent. | Photo: Antonio G.
I'm embarking on a journey I've so far been hesitant to go on: actually using AI on the regular.
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