Local AI comes in two flavors: laptop-scale for the masses vs SMB on-prem setups
TheZachMueller · x · 2026-09-28
Developer mfranzon argues local AI splits into two distinct categories: models running on personal laptops that could reach every person in the world, and deployments on small/medium enterprise infrastructure. Both are useful but for different tasks — conflating the two is what leads people to dismiss local AI as useless.
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