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Comment by rolph | Hacker News Reader

why would it be better to host an AI on your PC, rather than in its own local box, with ability to access permitted aspects of your PC ?

i can tell you why a discreet box is better, you can firewall it, or physically unplug it when its not functioning in a desireable manner.

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Same reason people virtualize dozens to hundreds of machines in one box, hardware efficiency.

I don't understand this sentiment.

AI integrated into your PC, means cooperating with an AI to use your PC. this also restricts your[sic] AI.

your AI should go with you and saddle into task specific hardware, be that a home automation bus, LAN dock, automobile, or roomba-iod R2 like unit.

your AI should be your wingman and have your back. but being an agent capable of deciding without your input, there should be a way of training acceptable bounds into your AI. [yes that is looking like a mobile]

likewise there should be physical restraint when it gets a "bad idea"

You're talking like we already have artificial general intelligence that can autonomously initiate actions, when at best what can run on a single consumer device is a very small, dumb LLM. So none of what you're trying to worry about makes any sense for this discussion.

Every AI inference costs money. It would be better for them to have these ongoing expenses on the user side vs them having to pay for the expense.

Why would anyone strap a couch to the top of their car, when it would be better to buy a new pickup truck and transport it in the back of that?

Because we don't need 12 boxes when 1 box is enough.

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