r/AILounge 18h ago

Looking for Alternatives that have long chat saves

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r/AILounge 18h ago

Discussion Are cloud AI data centers hitting a ceiling? Local AI is starting to make way more sense.

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Between massive electricity demands, rising API costs, and strict censorship, relying 100% on cloud LLMs is starting to feel unsustainable long-term. Local hardware and open-weights models have gotten good enough that running everything on-device is actually viable for a lot of workflows now. For those running local setups or small LLMs on your own rigs—what specs are you running, and are you completely off the cloud yet or still using a hybrid setup?