Comment by ignoramous
1 day ago
> economically, it is still much better to buy a lower spec't laptop and to pay a monthly subscription for AI
Uber is economical, too; but folks prefer to own cars, sometimes multiple.
And how there's market for all kinds of vanity cars, fast sportscars, expensive supercars... I imagine PCs & Laptops will have such a market, too: In probably less than a decade, may be a £20k laptop running a 671b+ LLM locally will be the norm among pros.
Paying $30-$70/day to commute is economical?
if you calculate depreciation and running costs on a new car in most places - I think it probably would be.
If Uber were cheaper than the depreciation and running costs of a car, what would be left for the driver (and Uber)?
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> Paying $30-$70/day to commute is economical?
When LLM use approaches this number, running one locally would be, yes. What you and other commentator seem to miss is, "Uber" is a stand-in for Cloud-based LLMs: Someone else builds and owns those servers, runs the LLMs, pays the electricity bills... while its users find it "economical" to rent it.
(btw, taxis are considered economical in parts of the world where owning cars is a luxury)
> Uber is economical, too
One time I took an Uber to work because my car broke down and was in the shop and the Uber driver (somewhat pointedly) made a comment that I must be really rich to commute to work via Uber because Ubers are so expensive
Most people don't realise the amount of money they spend per year on cars.