Post #1231987
2026-04-03 14:38 UTC
@flaki @bodil I've got multiple objections to Mike's framing but one of my bigger ones is that he offers no path to get from point A to point B other than "I hope local models get better."
Mike isn't relying on local models. No one (aside from I guess Cory Doctorow?) is. The local models are not "almost as good", and even if they were, all Mike is demonstrating is that even the advocates for local models will not tolerate using them.
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@foxyoreos@mastodon.social 2026-04-03 14:41
@flaki @bodil Mike isn't saying "local models are the future so I'm boycotting Claude code." Nor is he saying, "local models will catch up, and I'm so confident that I'm willing to wait for that to happen before I use LLMs." He has a sentiment, but no action. His usage is indistinguishable from the usage of the biggest Claude booster. He's acting exactly like them, but I'm supposed to give him credit because he hopes the world will be different some day.