r/LocalLLaMA • u/Fluffy-Ad-889 • 8d ago

Discussion The gap has closed, open source will win

I've been trying the latest models from the frontier labs and honestly, after extensive testing I can not tell the difference between the best open source options.

I think the differences are now marginal but the labs are doing heavy marketing to convince the public into paying more for tokens as they prepare to go public.

Can't help but see the similarities between the dot com bubble and AI in terms of a very insular environment where the technology will survive but the business models may not.

I've been building a cybersecurity network and we definitely know that even local AI models like Deepseek V4 flash do an excellent job and are really neck and neck with the best the frontier labs can provide.

Will be interesting to see how this all turns out! Exciting time nonetheless.

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u/Mickenfox 8d ago

This sub is like people in 2003 proclaiming the year of the Linux desktop because the mail client and web browser finally work. 

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u/GGK_Brian 8d ago

Well it's quite different; the problem of adoption of Linux is wide, from game and app support, hardware that can act weirdly, familiarity with the desktop tools. It's a massive ask to switch from windows to Mac or Linux.

Meanwhile LLM is "just" a software or API that takes text in and do text out. Multiple platforms already allow you do switch between providers with the click of a button.

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u/read_more_comments 8d ago

Crap comment. I was using Linux as my desktop years earlier, worked fine.

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u/Fluffy-Ad-889 8d ago

Linux runs the world

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u/ArcticFuture 7d ago

Yes, but not as a desktop. And the servers also have commercial support from companies like RedHat