• FaceDeer@fedia.io
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    2 years ago

    Given that I have locally-run AIs sitting on my home computer that I have no plan to delete (until something better comes along), then yeah, it’s never going to get worse. If all else fails I can just use the existing AI for as long as I want. It doesn’t “wear out.”

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        2 years ago

        The models are digital, making copies for safekeeping is easy.

        The hardware is a computer, and computers are general-purpose. The kind that run AI models well at infrastructure scale are rather high end, but are still available off-the-shelf.

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        Computers are general-purpose machines. You can run a computer program on any computer, it may just be faster or slower depending on the computer’s capabilities.

        The AIs I run locally are also open-source, so if future computers lose compatibility with existing programs they can be recompiled for the new architecture.

        I suppose we could lose the ability to build computers entirely, but that strikes me as a much bigger and more general issue than just this AI thing.