# @LefterisJP: local tools and local AI matter centralized models are a liability

Source: https://firefly.social/post/x/2049315901024154071?sid=1506745023

This is why local tools and local AI matters so much 

No matter how cool the main models are so long as they can revoke your access to them and monitor everything you do with them, they are a huge liability.

The more you rely on them the worse the liability.

We need local AI

## Comments

**timdaub.eth**: Also when you want to hack your own system, it feels safer to invest in your own hardware, as I imagine getting banned from Anthropic is a pretty bad outcome for a company