[starshadowx2]

Earlier I was thinking it's maybe comparable to paying for Netflix vs torrenting and running Plex or something. For the majority of normal, mainstream users I feel like most would just pay for the thing that is already setup and ready for them. There'll still be all the more techy or determined types who will do it themselves, I just wonder what the percentages of both groups will be.

[aeonfox]

> I feel like most would just pay for the thing that is already setup and ready for them

Nothing stopping turnkey OSS AI hardware being productised, including niceties like opt-in automated updates. If the trend continues of models becoming smaller and more capable for everyday use, it also derisks against obsolescence.

[rapidfl]

if we get to the stage where the AI hardware is a more of a commodity and usability becomes 10x simpler, then people may buy their own hardware and run local models.

Everybody owns a car, washer, TV, etc today. Maybe one could finance a server-box/trailer costing $20k, trade it in every 7 years for a newer model, etc. Many people are going to own a $20k Optimus.

[fragmede]

The car, TV, washer, and whatever humanoid robot finds product market fit physically need to be in my house, or close to it, in order for them to be useful to me. Thanks to the Internet, the data center doesn't need to be, like at all. Economy of scale says that renting a slice of time on the most expensive GPU supercomputer out there is going to be faster and also probably cheaper since I'd only be getting a slice while the server is serving multiple users.

[jhonof]

Why don't you just buy a chromebook or equiv and do that now then?