Win what? Money, fame? That's not the point of small models, freedom is the point. What's this occultist obsession with "There shall be only one" monopolies? Why only one? That's so irrational and childish.
Every so often someone hypes local models as "Don't pay for Claude check out this local modal" and the local modal isn't at all equivalent.
That doesn't mean that local models are going anytwhere (as the article motes they're useful) but if you want the best we're stuck with expensive remote models right now.
Agreed. I'm thinking about software development where we generally want Opus 5 or better, but if you're thinking general public AI then sure local may be sufficient.
Maybe, the same way Facebook "won" for social interaction, but for most of us here they're irrelevant. I expect the same to happen to LLMs too, for similar reasons.
Win what? Money, fame? That's not the point of small models, freedom is the point. What's this occultist obsession with "There shall be only one" monopolies? Why only one? That's so irrational and childish.