Recent post re: AI as utility
Myself, I’m a fan of local LLM / self hosted ML… but if you ever needed a clarion call that a hard pivot is coming (soon) for online/ cloud based AI…Altman et al are making some concerning mouth noises (to say nothing of broader concerns with OAI, Anthropic etc).
Right now, I’m sketching out a plan where my Raspberry Pi (always on, 2-3w) uses a magic packet to wake up my modest AI server (Lenovo P330 with Tesla P4) if/when needed (Qwen 3.6-35B-A3B); no point in chugging down 80-100w, 24/7 for no good reason.
If the trend continues the direction it appears to be (increasing costs, environmental impacts etc) then I’d feel a lot better hosting my own as port of first call and replacing simpler tasks with more traditional programs. YMMV.
Qwen 3.5 24B is way too large for my specs. I’m barely running qwen2.5 7B
Hmm…it runs on a 1060…it’s a MoE not a dense. 24B is even lighter. Worth a shot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_5pdcD3HY
Else, if youre looking for a coding model (??) something like Sara or fara might suit
https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Fara-7B