Token consumption may follow compute's path: closed APIs to local models
timshi_ai · x · 2026-10-08
jedisct1 draws an analogy: token consumption is moving the way compute did before — from closed APIs to open weights to your desk, just as mainframes gave way to Linux and then PCs.
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