Not sure it will beat Sonet at Q4.
>This is approaching consumer level territory (you can get a Mac Studio with 128GB of RAM for ~3500 USD).
For $3500 I can get 7-8 years of GLM using coding plans, have a faster model and much better code quality.
Very valid. Importance-weighted quantization and TurboQuant on model weights can reduce loss a lot compared to "traditional" Q4 so one can be hopeful.
> For $3500 I can get 7-8 years of GLM using coding plans, have a faster model and much better code quality
But you will own no computer, and that's also assuming prices stay what they are. Anyway my point was not whether or not it makes financial sense for everyone. A lot of people are very happy not owning their movies, software, games, cars or house. I'm just happy there is a future where the people can own and locally run the tech that was trained on their stolen data.
Why? Because capable and free models at the dawn of AI almost made people think again and - oh oh - ask questions!
I know HN's distaste for crypto, but I do my inference (for personal stuff - not my employer) through Venice. I was in the airdrop for VVV, and kept as much of it staked as I could. I have ~$40/day in inference as long as that service lasts.
These days the multiplier is about 1000x last I checked; if you want $10/day in inference and can lock up $10k in VVV, you get ~$10/day in inference plus (currently) ~16% APY in the form of more VVV.
I'm not sure I'd want to invest that much if I had to today, but it's a reasonable option. The risk of VVV going to $0 seems pretty small to me.
mind sharing where's the go to place to pay for open models?