recently i've been hosting LibreChat instance for a couple of my friends. it's a low-ish effort project that enables people in my community to access at-cost per-usage AI instead of paying a fixed $10/20/30 subscription that you may forget or only use 10% of.
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it's also private, so conversations aren't sold to identify how to target you (imagine being targeted for exploitive sale because you asked a health question, research a personal topic, etc)
if everyone hosts their own little LibreChat instance for their friends & family, that could decentralize AI usage and combat Big Tech's monopoly on data.
people have been doing this concept for decades though, think of Plex for friends, NAS for friends, and even Minecraft servers for friends.
except now, maybe its not just a fun side project. maybe it is now a means for data ownership & social change.
this is the small internet