the truth about running models locally offline
✅ it is more efficient
✅ it is wildly more secure
✅ accessible hardware can do it
❌ Generative Models still aren't "AI"
❌ training data is still stolen
❌ still not a search engine
❌ still not a worker
the models from months ago that everyone can run were what they were saying would be AGI three years ago. so in that sense, it is valuable to run one yourself and really learn where the goalpost they keep moving lies.