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> there’s no world where “normies” can do this.

Not today. But when it turns into a $600 brick you plug in next to your router, that's gonna work for most people.

For today, I'm speaking to software developers - who can 100% handle setting up a local AI system - it's only as hard as building a PC.

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My local AI helped me fix hardware configuration issues with my PC... it's even easier than building a PC.
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> it's only as hard as building a PC

I asked an AI agent to setup local AI inference for me. I gave it my use cases. It downloaded all the required bits, installed and configured them. Benchmarked different settings and models for my hardware and my use cases and then produced a nice report with findings and recommendations.

It is significantly easier than building a PC.

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The normie use cases need less performance, so it could be fine. Review this email, presentation slide, make a flyer for the soccer game, what should I do in Barcelona, etc. If you are not running gas town, you don't necessarily need that much.
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