Local Models vs Cloud Models — The AI Advantage Is Moving From Access to Infrastructure Core thesis AI is no longer new. The question isn't "Are you using AI?" It's: "How much of your work has AI already taken over—and how much more could it?" People are shipping products every day that, a year ago, would have required a developer, designer, copywriter, researcher, and weeks or months of work. An indie developer can now go from idea → product → launch → first ...