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chasd00today at 2:45 AM2 repliesview on HN

Not a fair comparison really. If you can run a model locally then you can somewhat train out the guardrails, censorship, and brand-safety. That has value a subscription does not.

Idk about the quality of this setup but just pasting it here as an example. https://explainx.ai/blog/heretic-llm-abliteration-guide-2026


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xnxtoday at 3:26 AM

That can also be done with neoclouds.

ChickeNEStoday at 2:49 AM

> If you can run a model locally then you can somewhat train out the guardrails, censorship, and brand-safety.

When does the average person actually need to do that?

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