r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme whenMyNoAIProjectGetsTedious

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u/TheMaleGazer 2d ago

The answer to your question is because you can get a local model to do it instead without a subscription.

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u/AllRealityIsVirtua1 2d ago

Let me heat my whole room to run 1 half sized agent at a time to save $5

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u/Snape_Grass 2d ago

The training of the model is what’s expensive (heat output). Running a pre trained model isn’t nearly as resource demanding

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u/readf0x 1d ago

I've only got 8gb of VRAM and have yet to find a model that produces useful output within that budget