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twstedtoday at 7:32 PM1 replyview on HN

I think, may be actually wrong, that most of us do not consider running a model locally a way to save money. It is a way not to spread personal info around.


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Aurornistoday at 7:43 PM

Anyone running LLMs at home will come to that realization quickly, if they’re looking at their power bills. Even feeling the heat output of a computer running at 100% in your office makes it clear.

I was responding to a lot of the comments saying this was a reasonable way to avoid paying for tokens or subscriptions. I don’t want anyone getting the wrong idea that this is a way to save money if that’s their priority.

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