Professor: Run 1T-Parameter Models Locally on 4 Mac Studios Instead of Paying for APIs

Responding to claims that engineers would spend half their salary on AI API subscriptions, UW professor Dimitris Papailiopoulos proposes buying four 512GB Mac Studios to run a 1T-parameter FP4 model locally as a cost-effective alternative.

2026-09-30 ~ 2026-09-30 · 2 related posts

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