[CuriouslyC]

There's no point in an AI generating consumer device, the compute can just be in the cloud.

[gessha]

“There’s no point in personal computing consumer device, the compute can just be on a mainframe.”

Apologize for the allergic reaction to running something on somebody else’s computer. As much as I appreciate our connected world, I prefer my data and compute local and private.

There’s few things in this world that infuriate me on a daily basis more than a slow or lost internet connection.

Edit: grammar

[CuriouslyC]

While I appreciate the sentiment, the market of people like you who are ALSO unwilling to just purchase a GPU is probably miniscule.

[yencabulator]

The grandparent asked for 'a consumer box that can run "AI"', there's no reason to think they wouldn't accept a box that contains a GPU.

[gessha]

Oh, I don’t mind getting a GPU. I also don’t believe it’s right at the moment to build a machine just for AI activities.

I was commenting more on the idea to run AI in the cloud instead of on device.

[ask5531]

sounds a bit like "there is a world market for 50 computers"

the main reason for me would be no need to pay and also no one censoring the content

[CuriouslyC]

If you are serious enough about gen AI to want to run it locally you can just get a good video card. Otherwise, you'll save time and money by just using a service/collab, I promise you that there will be ones that offer privacy and uncontrolled generation.