Small, local models approach frontier-level prowess and reliability and so every person runs their own personal and private AI system. Frontier labs switch to serving large corporations and governments exclusively. An AI bifurcation, free AI for the masses and dangerously powerful AI for the psychopathic leaders of industry and global politics.
> An AI bifurcation, free AI for the masses and dangerously powerful AI for the psychopathic leaders of industry and global politics.
We got a small taste of that when Claude pulled Opus 4.6 from public use. You either paid a lot more to access better models or you were restricted to extremely limited access.
