Author Says GLM 5.2 Is Powerful, but Compute Needs Will Keep Growing
andrewchen · x · 2026-07-13
Quoting "640k should be enough for anybody," the referenced post discusses GLM 5.2: after testing it over the past week, the author found it very powerful, noting that if it could fit into a desktop box, they might not need anything else.\n\nHowever, they also admit this feeling is temporary: just as people thought a Pentium PC was "enough" at first, we will inevitably invent new things that demand even more compute.
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