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Author laments AI's hardware bottleneck and corporate control

The author expresses frustration with the current state of AI development, particularly the reliance on cloud-based solutions and the prohibitive cost and scarcity of necessary GPU hardware. They believe that true AI advancement requires local, personalized models, free from the control of large corporations like Nvidia and OpenAI, to foster democratization and prevent misuse. The author anticipates a market correction for AI hardware, which they believe will eventually lead to broader accessibility. AI

IMPACT The author's perspective highlights potential barriers to AI democratization due to hardware costs and corporate control.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece discussing the state of AI development and hardware accessibility.

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Author laments AI's hardware bottleneck and corporate control

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    RE: https:// mas.to/@gabrielesvelto/1176156 04535644992 This is why I gave up creating my own Voice Assistant. I'd need to use AI, and need a fast GPU cos even

    RE: https:// mas.to/@gabrielesvelto/1176156 04535644992 This is why I gave up creating my own Voice Assistant. I'd need to use AI, and need a fast GPU cos even the M1 Pro struggled with Ollama....I don't like AI anyway. But local AI is needed for AI to ever get anywhere, cos the …