Learning to use local AI is exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating
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Baby’s first local AI agent. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge I'm embarking on a journey I've so far been hesitant to go on: actually using AI on the regular. Giving my most personal data to cloud services has been a major hold up for me, but it's increasingly possible to run powerful models locally to see what they're capable of.
Nauti's Take
Before buying an expensive machine with lots of RAM, a small team should recreate one concrete private workflow locally and measure three things: output quality, speed, and setup effort. The source describes a personal learning journey rather than a controlled benchmark.
Claims about everyday usefulness therefore remain open, especially for agents and demanding models.
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