Elon Musk isn’t everyone’s idea of the ideal pundit, particularly for AI topics, but sometimes he says something that has a kernel of merit, or is at least worthy of examining. Take this comment on X, for example: “Devices will just be edge nodes for AI inference, as bandwidth limitations prevent everything being done server-side.” On the surface, this could be taken as downplaying the future of edge devices, or it could be saying that edge devices will play a larger role. The interes...
