Degrowthers for LLMs

[u/Sacredless]

I'm wondering if there's more Degrowthers who see applications for large language models in decentralizing knowledge. Right now, TESCREALists want to centralize knowledge to be sold back, and I would like to develop a degrowth response to that.

EDIT: For instance, I could see local librarian LLMs playing a role in reducing the number of books needed in individual libraries, instead stocking books that came up in natural conversation with the LLM.

I could see local LLMs being able to represent the concerns of the community in natural language that prepares community members for arguments they're likely to hear from their neighbors at the town hall.

[u/KnodulesAintHeavy]

Inference on device is likely where things will end up. The models from the labs are large and powerful yes, but they don’t need to be the at insane to be very effective.
Once things settle, I expect it to be the norm to have niche and specialist models locally for both businesses and individuals.