When the Oracle Lives Nearby

Where something happens changes the journey around it.

A distant workshop may have grander tools and more skilled hands. A nearby workshop offers less distance, more control, and the ability to keep working when the road closes.

Some language models are small enough to run on a personal computer. The message no longer needs to cross the internet or enter another company's data centre.

The journey becomes shorter. Fewer outsiders need to handle the request. But the important parts do not vanish, and local does not automatically mean private.

The Oracle has moved. The basic mechanism remains.