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Also LLM models are built on diminishing returns and constant hype cycles. This is part of the business model. Even in the open source LLM scene folks are constantly looking for the new release, and i often hear them get tired of an llm repeating the same patterns over and over again. And then there is the public that start to recognize the speech patters of a certain model or when something is made with an llm. It is already affecting the credibility of some magazines and individual journalists.

Open source image generation depends on buckets of loras and refinement. tons of training for the vending machine. So this idea of having your favorite ol' isolated model on your pc for years of personal use sounds incompatible with the logic of this technology.