TL;DR: The AI boxes are coming. We can build our own or let Big Tech build them for us. Guess which one they’re betting on.
TL;DR:የ Richard Hendricks በ "The Box" ስለ ጓደኝነት ጓደኝነት ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደኛ ጓደ
In HBO’s Silicon Valley, “The Box” represented the choice between decentralized platforms that empower users versus centralized hardware that locks them into corporate ecosystems.
The Box isn’t some magical compression algorithm. It’s edge AI hardware that can run the models that needed Google’s data centers two years ago. And it’s shipping right now.
እርስዎን ይሞክሩ የሚፈልጉት ሞዴል
- 2014: Amazon Echo ይሰጣል. "እኛም እንዲህ አለን.
- 2018: Google and Apple follow with their own spy cylinders.
- 2022: ChatGPT የአውታረ መረብን መቁረጥ ይሆናል. ሁሉም ሰው ጓደኛ ይሆናል.
- 2025: ኤምዲ 50 TOPS ጋር ደንበኞች ኬብሎች ይሸፍናል. NVIDIA Jetson ለ $ 2,400 ለ 275 TOPS ይሸፍናል.
- 2027: Canalys በ 2024 ውስጥ በ 2024 ውስጥ በ 2024 ውስጥ በዓለም አቀፍ ደረጃ የ AI ኮምፒውተር 10x ይጨምራሉ, እና የ AI ገበያ $ 1 ቢሊዮን ይሰጣል.
That 2027 deadline is where we decide if families own their AI or rent it forever from Big Tech.
Here’s What Just Changed Everything
Those models that needed massive cloud infrastructure? Their scaled-down but practical versions are running on hardware you can actually buy — if you know where to look:
ደንበኞች / prosumer አማራጮች:
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395: 128GB ዩናይትድ ደህንነት, $ 2,800, 45-120W - ብቻ prosumer መሣሪያ Llama 70B በ 4-8 ቶኪን / ሰከንዶች ላይ በአካባቢው ላይ መጀመር ይችላሉ
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: 24GB VRAM, $ 1,500, 350W - ጠንካራ ነገር ግን የሙዚቃ ዝቅተኛ, 70B ሞዴሎች መጠቀም አይችልም
- የ NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin: 64GB RAM, $ 2,400, 15-60W - ለ Edge AI ጥሩ ነገር ግን ትልቅ ሞዴሎች ጋር የሙዚቃ ጓደኛ ነው
የ Enterprise-Only መፍትሔዎች:
- NVIDIA H100 / H200: 80-192GB VRAM, $ 20,000+, 350-1000W - ማንኛውም ሞዴል ሊሰራ ይችላል ነገር ግን ደንበኞች ኢንዱስትሪ ይፈልጋል
- Intel Gaudi 2/3: 96GB+ memory, $5-8k, 350-600W - competitive performance but enterprise pricing and power requirements
Reality Check: AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 is currently the ብቻ prosumer device that can run Llama 70B locally. NVIDIA’s consumer GPUs max out at 24GB (not enough), their enterprise cards cost $20,000+, and even the Jetson AGX Orin hits a 64GB wall. Intel’s Gaudi chips work but require server infrastructure and enterprise pricing.
AMD achieved this through unified memory architecture — up to 128GB LPDDR5X shared between CPU, GPU, and NPU in a quiet, energy-efficient package that fits in a desktop or laptop.
The Linux Desktop Moment (But Worse)
የ Windows መጀመሪያ ላይ ነበር, የመስመር ላይ ውጤቶች መጀመር, እና በ Linux ለ Normies መጀመር ጊዜ, ሁሉም ሰው በ Microsoft ኢኮስቴክኖሎጂ ውስጥ የተመሠረተ ነበር.
We’re at that exact same moment with AI. Except this time the timeline is 2–3 years, not decades, and the stakes are your family’s intelligence, not just your file manager. Once your family’s AI is integrated into Apple/Google/Amazon’s ecosystem, switching means rebuilding your entire digital life.
In Ready Player One, Wade Watts dreams of upgrading from his outdated hardware to access better virtual worlds, but he can’t afford the good stuff. We’re facing the same choice with AI — except the stakes aren’t entertainment access, they’re intellectual sovereignty and privacy.
Why We Can Actually Win This Time
The Hardware Gap Is Closing (But Not Closed):በአጠቃቀም ሃርድዌር አሁን ከሁለት ዓመታት በፊት የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር ክብደት ጋር ተኳሃኝ ነው. የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር የኮምፒውተር
አዲስ ቺፕዎች በየ 12-18 ወራት ከሁለቱም ከ Moore's Law በላይ በፍጥነት ከሁለቱም ከሁለቱም በ 18-24 ወራት ውስጥ $800-$1,200 ዋጋ ያደርጋል.
Privacy Isn’t Abstract Anymore:በ "TikTok" ወደ ChatGPT data scraping controversies, ሰዎች በመጨረሻም የእርስዎ ውሂብ ደህንነቱ የተጠበቁ አይሆንም. "AI training on your conversations" የ "AI training on your conversations" ፎቶዎች በመጠቀም የእርስዎን ምልክት ለመደሰት የተለያዩ ነው.
Models Are Becoming Commodities:Meta (Llama), Mistral, DeepSeek, Alibaba (Qwen) በአውሮፓ ውስጥ ይሰራቸዋል አቅም ሞዴሎች ይሰጣሉ.
The Honest Technical Reality
What Can You Actually Do With 4–8 Tokens Per Second?
እርስዎ ከ 4-8 ቶኪን በሳምንት ውስጥ, ብዙ ሰዎች የሚፈልጉትን የ ChatGPT ልምድ አይሆንዎት.
This is currently for tech enthusiasts who want to experiment with local AI, developers building applications, and privacy-conscious users willing to trade convenience for data sovereignty. The real family market arrives when this hardware hits $500–800 and the software becomes as simple as setting up a wireless router.
But here’s why this matters: by the time edge AI is family-ready, we need the infrastructure, software ecosystem, and community knowledge to exist. Someone has to build the foundation now, or families will only have Big Tech’s options when they’re ready to adopt.
The Current Limitations:
- Performance Gap: የመኖሪያ ሞዴሎች በ GPT-4o/Claude ውስጥ በጣም ተስማሚ ግምገማዎች እና multi-modal ተግባሮች ውስጥ ይደሰቱ ፡፡
- Maintenance Burden: You’re responsible for security patches, model updates, and hardware failures
- የኃይል እና ሙቀት: የ AI 24/7 ይሰራል 45-120W የኃይል አጠቃቀም, ሙቀት ማምረት, እና የፈጠራ ስሜት ጋር ተገናኝቷል
- Software Ecosystem: While improving rapidly with projects like Ollama, the tooling still has rough edges
ይህ ደግሞ plug-and-play አይሆንም. ይህ "ማካኝ DIY enthusiast with numerous weekends and a lot of patience" ተመሳሳይ ነው.
በእርግጥ አሁን ምን ማድረግ ይችላሉ
If you’re technically minded:
- Start experimenting with Ollama, local models, and edge AI hardware
- ምን ይሰራል (እና ምን አይደለም) ለሌሎች
- ይህ ነገር ለመፍጠር ማህበረሰብ ጋር ተገናኙ: r/selfhosted, r/homelab, r/LocalLLaMA
If you’re business-minded:
- በ Edge AI መተግበሪያ እና ማከማቻ ላይ አንድ አገልግሎቶች ኢንቨስትመንት ይጀምራል
- Families want digital sovereignty but don’t know how to build it
If you just care about digital freedom:
- Support projects building alternatives
- የመጀመሪያው የኦሪጂናል ኮክፒት መግዛት አይችሉም
- Share this with people who remember when the internet was decentralized
Cloud vs. Edge: The Real Numbers
Cloud AI (ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro):
- Upfront cost: $0
- ዓመታዊ ዋጋ: $ 240-$ 600 ($ 20-50 / ወር)
- 3-year total: $720-$1,800
- ውሂብ ደህንነት: የእርስዎን መለያዎች መኖሪያ ቤት እና የኮርፖሬሽን ሞዴሎች ያግኙ
Edge AI (DIY Setup):
- $2,500 (AMD Ryzen AI Max+ ስርዓት)
- ዓመታዊ ወጪ: $100-$200 (ኃይል, ማከማቻ)
- 3 ዓመት አጠቃላይ: $ 2,800-$ 3,100
- Data privacy: Everything stays local
The math works: $2,500 one-time hardware cost versus $20–50/month subscriptions forever. But the real value is privacy.
We’re at the 1993 Moment
In 1993, you could still choose a decentralized internet. By 2003, the platforms had won.
In 2025, you can still choose edge AI sovereignty. By 2027, multiple industry forecasts project a major inflection point: 60% of new PCs will be AI-capable, AI compute will grow 10x globallyእና የኢኮኖሚ ስርዓቶች ውስጥ ይሸፍናል.
በ Pied Piper የፕሮፕላስቲኮች helyett ደንበኞች ለመስጠት የኮምፒውተር ቴክኖሎጂ ቪዛ መጨረሻው ቴክኒካዊ ሊሆን ይችላል.
But windows don’t stay open forever.
ዝቅተኛ መስመር
እርስዎን ለመፍጠር ይሆናል, ወይም Big Tech ለእርስዎ ለመፍጠር ይሆናል?
The next 2–3 years will determine whether families own their AI or rent it forever. The hardware exists. The models are available. The only missing piece is the decision to act.
Industry analysts project that by 2027, AI will be integrated into nearly all business softwareጋርglobally available AI compute expected to grow 10x and the AI market approaching $1 trillion. The hardware exists. The models are available. The market needs it. The only question is: who controls it?
የእርስዎን ፍላጎት እንዴት ነው? የእኛን ፍላጎት ምንድን ነው?
