I hoped local AI could save me time, but I spent all day getting nowhere

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Accessing AI in the cloud has been a boon to my productivity. So has crafting my own local Windows application with AI. But accessing local AI for productivity work? So far, I’m not impressed. It seemed natural that I try out local AI, especially as an alternative to cloud AI solutions. I had already touched the Nous Research Hermes agent as part of my RTX Spark coverage, beginning with my review of the Surface Laptop Ultra . My colleague Ben Patterson has covered the evolution of cloud AI to agentic AI via his Prompt Mode newsletter , so I felt secure in the knowledge that he could back me…
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I hoped local AI could save me time, but I spent all day getting nowhere
Accessing AI in the cloud has been a boon to my productivity. So has crafting my own local Windows application with AI. But accessing local AI for productivity work? So far, I’m not impressed. It seemed natural that I try out local AI, especially as an alternative to cloud AI...
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