For me though, this would be all upside because I have largely explored technical topics with language models that would only be impressive to an employer.
At this point, it is like asking what does someone use a computer for? The use cases are so varied.
I can see how it would be interesting for myself to setup a local model just for the fun of setting it up. When it comes down to it for me though it is just so much easier to pay $20 a month for Sonnet that it isn't even close or really a decision point.
For me though, this would be all upside because I have largely explored technical topics with language models that would only be impressive to an employer.
At this point, it is like asking what does someone use a computer for? The use cases are so varied.
I can see how it would be interesting for myself to setup a local model just for the fun of setting it up. When it comes down to it for me though it is just so much easier to pay $20 a month for Sonnet that it isn't even close or really a decision point.