Essay argues local AI models won't displace datacenters

Sean Goedecke argues open-weight local models will never win: frontier models will outgrow laptop-class hardware, and datacenter inference will stay cheaper. He notes the setup cost of a low-end home lab could buy years of a paid AI subscription.
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