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local LLMs on consumer laptops as near-AGI

April 4, 2026Beff – e/acc, clem

Beff claims Google’s Gemma 4 can run on a 128GB MacBook Pro without internet and feels “near AGI,” pushing the indiehacker narrative that powerful offline models are becoming practical.

“Google's Gemma 4 on a 128 GB Macbook Pro is near AGI on the go, no internet needed”
this is Gemma 4 running locally on a 3 year old mac
free (=$0 no matter how much you use)
safe (you're not leaking all your data via unsafe APIs)
fast (as you can see)
Beff – e/acc
clem
local-LLMsedge-ai

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