
Episode #2
Local Models, 950 Million Tokens, and Why Free AI Isn't Free
In episode two of AI for Luddites, Cody, Gonzalo, and John Wee are joined by special guest Eugene, with Jesus sitting this one out. John explains why small businesses and students are turning to local open-source models to keep their data at home, and what that costs in hardware. Cody breaks down a day that burned 950 million tokens on Fable 5.1 and why the return on that API bill was still enormous. The group weighs AI as a force multiplier against the disappearing entry-level developer job, argues that soft skills are the hard ones to teach, and lands on a rule...

