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AI is cheap right now. At some point the AI companies must turn to generate profit

Anthropic has stated that their inference process is cash positive. It would be very surprising if this wasn't the case for everyone.

It's certainly an open question whether the providers can recoup the investments being made with growth alone, but it's not out of the question.

Problem is the models need constant training or they become outdated. That the less expensive part generates profit is nice but doesn’t help if you look at the complete picture. Hardware also needs replacement

Have you tested this with a local model? I'm going to try this with GLM 4.7

What would be the best model to try something like this on a 5800XT with 8 GB RAM?

Yes, it certainly makes sense if you have the budget for it.

Could you share what it costs to run this? That could convince people to try it out.

I mean, you can just say Hi to it, and it will cost nothing. It only adds code and features if you ask it to