With his GPU in for RMA, Sentdex finds API models painfully slow: latency, not privacy, may be local AI's real edge
Sentdex · x · 2026-09-03
ML educator Sentdex shares that with his GPU out for RMA he's been relying on API models — and was struck by how slow they feel. His takeaway: local inference's biggest advantage may not be privacy at all, but raw speed and low latency in day-to-day use.
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