https://underclassic.com/ Daily broadcast on centralized AI vs local AI. en-us 1440 https://underclassic.com/ Score: 68 (central weather). Grid queues and hyperscaler capex still anchor most compute centrally, but open-weight releases and on-device runtimes are trimming token costs at the edge. Power utilities are throttling new data-center connections while hyperscalers keep ordering chips. Grid queues now set the pace of central buildout. Open-weight drops from Meta and Chinese labs give local hardware runnable models without new power plants. On-device search tests show users already sh… Tue, 18 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0400 underclassic-issue-15-2026-08-18