Comment by arbuge
21 hours ago
> In a few years, there will be hardware capable of running frontier models good enough for most things at accessible prices for even tiny companies.
What makes you so confident about this prediction? Hardware costs haven't exactly been cratering recently.
.> Hardware costs haven't exactly been cratering recently.
No, but local models have been booming in performance/quality improvements. The RAM shortage won't last forever (more supply will come online when if demand doesn't diminish), and then the math would be pretty easy.