SMRTR AIFeb 9, 2025Lobsters

Building a personal, private AI computer on a budget

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A budget-friendly personal AI computer with 48GB of VRAM was built for around 1700 euros using secondhand parts like Nvidia Tesla P40 GPUs. This DIY approach allows running medium-sized language models locally, providing an alternative to cloud-based AI services and potentially avoiding future commercialization or censorship issues.

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