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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.
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The cost is a function of running an LLM at scale. You can run small models on consumer hardware, but the real contenders are using massive amounts of memory and compute on GPU arrays (plus electricity and water for cooling).
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