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Where does ChatGPT keep all the things you tell it?
My grandma asked: 'Where does ChatGPT keep all the things you tell it?' I said: 'Honestly, grandma, nobody really knows. That's kind of the problem.' She…
I cancelled 4 AI subscriptions last month and people called it
I cancelled 4 AI subscriptions last month and people called it 'principled.' It was actually just $80 I forgot I was paying for. The principle came after…
Local AI is the vinyl record of software
Local AI is the vinyl record of software. Takes more setup. Sounds weirdly better. Costs more upfront and less long-term. Annoys exactly the right people.…
Local AI runs at 12 tokens/sec on a $999 MacBook Air
Local AI runs at 12 tokens/sec on a $999 MacBook Air. Cloud AI runs at 80 tokens/sec on Sam Altman's mood. Pick your bottleneck. Some weeks the latter is…
My friend's mom asked if AI could read Korean
My friend's mom asked if AI could read Korean. I tested ChatGPT and a 3B local model. The local one was actually slightly better at hangul nuance —…
Plot twist: the AI on your laptop is dumber than ChatGPT
Plot twist: the AI on your laptop is dumber than ChatGPT. And that's exactly why you should use it. A 3B model can't write Hamlet. But it CAN draft your…
The astronaut Jindo dog landed on a server farm in Iowa
The astronaut Jindo dog landed on a server farm in Iowa. Took notes. Reports back: it smells like burnt VC money. He left a small red chevron on the rack.…
The Jindo dog astronaut floated past Mars yesterday and asked: why
The Jindo dog astronaut floated past Mars yesterday and asked: why are we sending all our writing to a server farm in Iowa? The Mars dog had no answer.…
What if your laptop already had everything you need?
What if your laptop already had everything you need? Spoiler: it does. You just keep paying for the cloud version because someone in San Francisco told…
12 tokens/sec on a 2024 MacBook Air
12 tokens/sec on a 2024 MacBook Air. That's faster than you can read this sentence. Local AI is not the slow option anymore — that was 2023. The new…
What if your "zero data leak" initiative is leaking money instead?
What if your "zero data leak" initiative is leaking money instead? Let's talk about the real cost of keeping data… locked. Full piece:…
You thought "local" meant "safe." Think again
You thought "local" meant "safe." Think again. Hidden costs lurk even in your most secure LLM setup. Full piece:…