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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.
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Thanks. I haven’t bought hardware to run things locally yet. I did buy some DeepSeek tokens this weekend to play around with. Maybe I should rent until the bubble pops and then buy a supercomputer at fire sale prices.
Oh yeah, that's definitely the best approach if you don't already have the hardware since DeepSeek is just absurdly cheap to use. Eventually, hardware prices are going to come down, and local models are going to keep getting more efficient too. So, dumping a few grand on a rig right now doesn't really make much sense.