Gary Marcus: many data centers will fail once local AI models take over inference
GaryMarcus · x · 2026-11-07
Strategist Peter Berezin argues local AI models will soon handle most inference on phones, questioning trillions in data center spending. Gary Marcus responds bluntly: "at that point many of them fail" — siding with the view that on-device inference could strand massive data center investments.
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