When I hear Local AI I think opportunity.
Most people think privacy, data control and lower cost.
I think about the emergence of a new skillset that is going to define the future.
This is the space where new companies will be created, innovation would flourish and the winners haven’t been decided yet.
Here's a Map To (Local) AI
this also gives you an edge in spotting market gaps and building products like eval harnesses, cost trackers etc or consulting companies that are doing this transition to local ai. not sure why many software engs sleeping on this. programming the ai is where the money is
the big opportunity right now is understanding ai infrastructure & fundamentals, running local ai. Open source models got smart enough to feasibly run them + cloud llms getting too expensive. Perfect storm for breakthrough demand in local ai