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AI's compute demands echo early computing's terminal era

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Working with AI today mirrors the early days of computing, where users accessed central mainframes via terminals due to limited local processing power. Similar to how personal computers eventually decentralized computing, the current reliance on web browsers and APIs to access remote AI compute farms consumes valuable resources. This historical parallel suggests a potential future shift towards more capable local processing for AI tasks. AI

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    Working with # AI reminds me on the earliest days of computers. You are working on Terminals, connecting you to the central computers, burning up scarce compute

    Working with # AI reminds me on the earliest days of computers. You are working on Terminals, connecting you to the central computers, burning up scarce compute time, until PCs became available and fast enough. Today again, we using web browsers and APIs to connect us the the cen…

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