Capable models on cheap hardware is interesting — not a breakthrough in AI autonomy
tobowers · x · 2026-10-13
tobowers wraps up his thread: the main demonstration is that relatively capable models can run on cheap, resource-constrained hardware — interesting technically, but hardly a breakthrough in AI autonomy, closing his critique of the distributed AI worm hype.
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