Will local models keep up with frontier? Users debate a hardware-bound gap
AshAtlasDev · reddit · 2026-11-14
A Reddit user argues that while local models currently trail frontier by only months, the gap may widen due to hardware: labs keep buying up GPUs for training with diminishing returns, hardware won't get cheaper, and the compute individuals can own will become a ceiling—even if model improvements slow. The thread draws both optimistic and pessimistic responses.
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