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[ I am not sure if this discussion is still relevant enough for
  emacs-devel. Let me know if we need to move to emacs-tangents or other
  more suitable place ]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

>   > > As for LLMs that run on servers, they are a different issue entirely.
>   > > They are all SaaSS (Service as a Software Substitute), and SaaSS is
>   > > always unjust.
>   > >
>   > > See https://gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html
>   > > for explanation.
>
>   > I do not fully agree here. A number of more powerful LLMs have very
>   > limiting hardware requirements. For example, some LLMs require 64+Gbs of
>   > RAM to run:
>
> That is true, and it is unfortunate.  There may be no practical way
> to run a certain model except for SaaSS.

Clarification: that might still be possible if one runs LLMs on remote
virtual or dedicated server. Such server is technically not what the
user _owns physically_. However, there is a freedom running arbitrary
version (including modified version) of the LLM on such a server.

Also, it looks like hosted servers running libre software are becoming a
rather common thing. For example, I have seen BBB servers offered for
rent: https://owncube.com/bbb_en.html and even LLM servers:
https://ownai.org/ The problem is that the extent users are allowed to
control that running software is more limited compared to what one can
enjoy with full SSH access or in a physically owned machine.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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