Local?

How much value do people find in running local ai? Unless privacy is a huge concern, I just don't understand why people are clamoring to get dedicated hardware.

Not only is the process incredibly expensive (the ones in this video easily exceed $40,000), but it requires constant tinkering to get a useable result.

I'm all for getting rid of subscriptions, but I'll be waiting a while before I buy hardware at this point.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l4UWZGxvoc