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Bluetus

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6. And for many applications, you don't need a massive data center flying in outer space

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 07:25 PM

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because we can't get enough cooling here on Earth. Many AI apps run just fine on a desktop computer and don't require ANY connection to the cloud.

Yes, there are certain exotic applications that do require that mind-boggling stuff, but that is not the norm, and I guess some people are starting to figure that out now.

For example, here is a list of dozens of FREE open source LLMs you can download today.
https://github.com/eugeneyan/open-llms

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