This is legit a great idea.
Deepseek api is a lot less expensive, I use it all the time.
The more of that is being done, less DCs they’re gonna build locally and more cheaper electric for the rest of us.
You can use the Chinese services, you’re just giving a foreign government money and data instead of your home government (unless you live in china).
I would encourage all to at least experiment with running their own locally.
You can install Lmstudio on your computer and get 75% of what you need from a model installed and run at home. It won’t be as fast nor will it have all of the features, but it will be private and under your control. Using lm studio is easy, even for a novice. As you get better, you can add your own features. If you persist, you can stop using lmstudio and go right to something like Ollama running on your hardware and tinker all you like.
It really isn’t too hard to start and you will learn a lot along the way.
This is legit a great idea.
Deepseek api is a lot less expensive, I use it all the time. The more of that is being done, less DCs they’re gonna build locally and more cheaper electric for the rest of us.
You can use the Chinese services, you’re just giving a foreign government money and data instead of your home government (unless you live in china).
I would encourage all to at least experiment with running their own locally.
You can install Lmstudio on your computer and get 75% of what you need from a model installed and run at home. It won’t be as fast nor will it have all of the features, but it will be private and under your control. Using lm studio is easy, even for a novice. As you get better, you can add your own features. If you persist, you can stop using lmstudio and go right to something like Ollama running on your hardware and tinker all you like.
It really isn’t too hard to start and you will learn a lot along the way.
I am not American or Chinese, why would I care which government gets my data? They are both shit.