Suspects Codex resets are theater, awaits affordable local LLMs
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-08-28
StewartalsopIII expresses 80% confidence that Codex resets (and Anthropic's milder version) are 'theater.' He views this as a novel pressure tactic to increase LLM usage by fear of changing tokenomics. He looks forward to affordable local LLMs with current competence, arguing that unless doing cutting-edge science, most people don't need more.
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