In addition to privacy I’d like to be able to burn as many tokens as the hardware will let me 24/7 without getting a surprise bill at the end of the month. I don’t care if it is slower that the cloud, I’m not in a hurry.
reply> That's a solid ROI even if the thing becomes obsolete after a couple years.
replyHow can that be a solid return on investment? There's no model you can run locally to have frontier model level performance. Also who spends 2.4k yearly for personal AI usage, like what's the usecase? If your friend is spending that money for his business then it's not personal computing.
That's the $200/mo subscription -- not uncommon :)
replyI do the $100/mo for myself, then about ~$200/mo for startup.
Do you use it for work? I can’t imagine paying this myself for personal use. I just don’t see the benefits vs. the free models available to me.
reply> There's no model you can run locally to have frontier model level performance
replyI'm betting he doesn't need a frontier model. Sonnet, today, is likely good for 80% of his tasks, which largely involve repretitive, tedious work.
> Also who spends 2.4k yearly for personal AI usage, like what's the usecase? If your friend is spending that money for his business then it's not personal computing
Combination of business and personal.
People with money and things to do. People spend $100+ a month on coffee without even blinking.
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