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> Server side means an excuse to not improve model handling everywhere you can...

How so if efficiency is key for datacenters to be competitive? If anything it's the other way around.

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Or, instead of improving efficiency, they go ahead and just deploy more generators [0]. Stop gap measures are cheaper.

[0] https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/elon-musk-xai-...

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Well, if it were easier to build power stations, they'd do so.
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The previous commenter is right in that server-side companies have little incentive to do less, especially when they're backed by investors money. Client-side AI will be bound by device capabilities and customer investment in new devices.
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How does running AI workloads on end user devices magically make them use less energy?
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More like squinting to see if it's still visible in the rear view mirror.
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