←back to thread

My 2.5 year old laptop can write Space Invaders in JavaScript now (GLM-4.5 Air)

(simonwillison.net)
577 points simonw | 1 comments | 29 Jul 25 13:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
Show context
stpedgwdgfhgdd ◴[29 Jul 25 14:30 UTC] No.44723879[source]▶
Aside that space invaders from scratch is not representative for real engineering, it will be interesting to see what the business model for Anthropic will be if I can run a solid code generation model on my local machine (no usage tier per hour or week), let’s say, one year from now. At $200 per month for 2 years I can buy a decent Mx with 64GB (or perhaps even 128GB taking residual value into account)
replies(5): >>44724300 #>>44724450 #>>44724558 #>>44724731 #>>44724993 #
1. dmortin ◴[29 Jul 25 15:37 UTC] No.44724731[source]▶
" it will be interesting to see what the business model for Anthropic will be if I can run a solid code generation model on my local machine "

Most people won't bother with buying powerful hardware for this, they will keep using SAAS solutions, so Anthropic can be in trouble if cheaper SAAS solutions come out.