The cloud is a trap
Run away!

Every invention ever made has been used in war.
This is sad and depressing, and clearly points out the biggest problem with human society.
I wish we could kick the habit and get over our addiction to war, but this appears to be a fantasy.
And yes, in the past I have worked on jobs for the military.
It's complex.

It's the curriculum.
Students are taught to reduce everything to measurable numbers. If it can't be measured with a number, it doesn't exist.
They are taught that endless growth is not only possible, but necessary.
They are taught that the purpose of the corporation is to increase shareholder value.

If it's no longer offered for sale, it becomes open source

Immature tech needs time to be integrated
Eventually, when agents are trusted and more mature, they will have their own API and set of security rules

...it was 100% local, verifiably local, with NO internet connectivity at all.
The cloud is a trap.
Run away.

Since the dawn of the PC era, I could write any code I wanted and run it on my computer.
Every person should have total control over the devices they own.
Hopefully, the new AI tools will allow us to take total control over every device we own, whether the manufacturers like it or not.
Using software as a weapon of control sucks.

...it would need to be 100% local.
No cloud, no internet connection.
I would block it at the router.

Good thing I don't want a smart home controller

AI tools easily generate more complexity.
We need better tools to understand, manage and reduce complexity, not tools that allow us to create more.

...about award shows.
But my wife does.
She argues that they are a good way to find stuff to watch.
I respond that they don't actually reward excellence and are highly political.
She likes them more than I dislike them so we watch them.

One is the clock
The other one is the schedule
The clock is arbitrary
So is the schedule
There is absolutely no reason to start work or school at 8:00
If we all used UTC, we could schedule work or school at any time

...every interaction with a cloud based AI is being monitored.
The only way to be safe is with a local model that does not have internet access.

...in theory.
In practice, supporting the full range of modern hardware will be a colossal challenge, especially if it's undocumented

The problem is NOT the AI tech itself.
The problem is PEOPLE who use AI.

I despise Trump and hope he loses power soon.
Yet Democrats like Bernie and AOC want to ban AI.
I strongly support AI.
Does this mean that I have to hold my nose and vote Republican?
WTF is wrong with Democrats?