Are Local AI Models Finally Good Enough?

Show Notes

PBJ recaps the latest Builder meetup at Presidio Bitcoin (https://buildersf.ai/) and Tomasz Tunguz’s “localmaxxing” workflow for using local AI in real VC work. The conversation expands into Rust's AI advantage, cloud-vs-local routing, the Fable 5 fallout, and why open/local models may continue to become a much bigger part of the AI stack. https://buildersf.ai/ 0:00 Builder meetup 1:50 Tomasz Tunguz’s AI workflow - handling real VC work 2:59 Why local AI is getting practical 5:15 Why AI prefers Rust 8:12 How Fable 5 changed the local AI conversation 14:00 What would make local AI mainstream? 17:30 The trust problem with open models 🎧 From the PBJ podcast recorded at 📍Presidio Bitcoin 🔗 Full episode: https://youtube.com/live/A7BStVZbSoU?feature=share 🌐 Learn more: https://www.presidiobitcoin.org/