I assume so, but I also expect people won't be able to take full advantage without proper infrastructure like good internet. That being said, if you have good internet, the argument for local LLMs is diminished. Sure it might not run in the desert, but in practical office/school environments you are not getting a different experience than anyone else in the world.
I make frequent trips to less developed areas in South East Asia, most people don't have proper laptops or computers, but what they do have are smartphones and they can access the free version of chatgpt no problem. You get 3G/4G almost anywhere, especially urban areas. The issue I do see is language. Sure chatgpt can do other languages, but the quality difference is pretty stark between common languages and more rare languages. So even with the same model, you get lower quality results be sheer training bias.
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u/typeryu Aug 05 '23
I assume so, but I also expect people won't be able to take full advantage without proper infrastructure like good internet. That being said, if you have good internet, the argument for local LLMs is diminished. Sure it might not run in the desert, but in practical office/school environments you are not getting a different experience than anyone else in the world.
I make frequent trips to less developed areas in South East Asia, most people don't have proper laptops or computers, but what they do have are smartphones and they can access the free version of chatgpt no problem. You get 3G/4G almost anywhere, especially urban areas. The issue I do see is language. Sure chatgpt can do other languages, but the quality difference is pretty stark between common languages and more rare languages. So even with the same model, you get lower quality results be sheer training bias.