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Yes, you can run a 744-billion-parameter model on a laptop with 32GB of RAM. You can also walk from Brussels to Paris. 🚶 Both are…

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Yes, you can run a 744-billion-parameter model on a laptop with 32GB of RAM. You can also walk from Brussels to Paris. 🚶 Both are technically possible. Neither is what you'd call practical. 💡 Last week we talked about running AI without an expensive GPU. This time, the harder question: how far can you actually push ordinary hardware before it stops being worth it? In these 3 minutes, we cover: ✔️ What happens when a model is too big for your memory (and why it gets painfully slow) ✔️ A frontier-class model running on 10-year-old hardware ✔️ The dusty gaming PC in your closet that might be the cheapest AI server you'll ever own. There's a trade-off triangle here that nobody explains clearly: cheaper hardware, faster output, bigger models; pick two. This clip is from our recent event at Betacowork, where Toon Vanagt and Andrew Yourtchenko shared practical insights on running AI locally.🎬 🔗 The first clip of the series is in the comments. 🤝 More clips are on the way: token economics, why your usage limit drops when you step away, and a trick for long AI projects. Follow along so you don't miss them. 🌱 If this was useful, repost it. The more people who understand how this actually works, the better we all use it. #AI #LocalAI #OpenSource #event #Entrepreneurship #coworkingspacebrussels