[simjnd]

> Not sure it will beat Sonet at Q4.

Very valid. Importance-weighted quantization and TurboQuant on model weights can reduce loss a lot compared to "traditional" Q4 so one can be hopeful.

> For $3500 I can get 7-8 years of GLM using coding plans, have a faster model and much better code quality

But you will own no computer, and that's also assuming prices stay what they are. Anyway my point was not whether or not it makes financial sense for everyone. A lot of people are very happy not owning their movies, software, games, cars or house. I'm just happy there is a future where the people can own and locally run the tech that was trained on their stolen data.

[pbgcp2026]

@simjnd, I hate this idea but you remember how radio had been regulated to death? And how fast one will be triangulated if one decides to run a "self hosted" radio station today? My bet is in 5 years not only owning AI-inference-capable computer but using AI itself will be regulated. Essentially, we will have to scan biometrics to just ask any SOTA model to "summarise this".

Why? Because capable and free models at the dawn of AI almost made people think again and - oh oh - ask questions!