Will the AI compute crunch be solved on-device or in data centers?

I build iOS apps and I'm pushing as much as possible on-device for privacy and cost. Apple's clearly betting that way too. But frontier models keep getting bigger. Curious where people think the split lands in 3–5 years. View Poll

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2026-09-28 10:30 · r/artificial
Will the AI compute crunch be solved on-device or in data centers?

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