Could distributed iPhones form an inference network? A 2AM open question
gajesh · x · 2026-09-08
The author muses that a distributed fleet of iPhones could harness collective compute with a simpler privacy model than Mac-based approaches like Darkbloom.
Open question posed: what could you do with 12GB RAM, 60GB/s memory bandwidth, 6/6 CPU/GPU cores per device, and unlimited data at 100Mbps?
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