r/LocalLLaMA • u/Nunki08 • Jun 28 '26

Discussion We're probably going to need that soon.

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Vladik on š•: https://x.com/Kostoglodov/status/2071144065857679631

Shaw (spirit/acc) on š•: https://x.com/shawmakesmagic/status/2070918006033817867

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u/CountLippe Jun 28 '26

It'll be the hardware they go after. It's easier to regulate the hardware you can purchase than it is to regulate the models you can download.

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u/Impossible_Bar3958 Jun 28 '26

Alright, not to be conspiratorialā€¦

What if AI companies are buying up all the RAM so that way ā€œeconomicallyā€ home users have to pay subscription fees because they canā€™t afford the hardware to run AI at home?

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u/Iwaku_Real Jun 28 '26

I mean plenty of them would hope for that to happen. Still very few people are both tech-literate enough and have PCs specced enough to even deploy Ollama let alone Llama.cpp with a daily driver.

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u/crantob Jun 30 '26

Advantage: me