Dealers are noticing AI token limits tightening and costs rising, drawing comparisons to the early days of cheap PPC clicks. The thread debates whether running AI locally is a viable cost-saving alternative, with one contributor noting that mid-tier open-source models are capable enough for automotive retail tasks, while another cautions that local hardware costs and a six-month capability gap behind frontier models complicate the math. A late reply notes that a newer model version dropped with better price-to-performance ratios, though usage bills are still climbing.
