Local LLMs Still Lagging Behind Frontier Models
sdmat123 · x · 2026-08-28
Discusses the capability gap between local LLMs and frontier models. Notes that despite years of predictions, even die-hard enthusiasts with $100K setups still crave the capabilities of the frontier models.
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