Welcome to the community @LukeHa !
You’re the first person to comment that I don’t know personally which is a major first milestone for the community so thank you.
Regarding self hosting I think it’s very important that we have the ability to self host, but I don’t necessarily think everyone needs to self host.
I realize that may sound a little counter intuitive but my main concern is control and ownership.
That’s why when i was building websites i always used wordpress.org. I never did host my sites locally but the fact that i always could if I wanted gave me the assurance I needed.
There’s a lot of drama happening there now but anyone who runs on core wordpress can opt out at anytime by forking and run their sites without anyone else involved if they want which is great.
I wanted to take this opportunity to explain this as i also run Open Web UI in the cloud in addition to locally.
And I use my cloud hosted version more because it is more convenient and I still have a very large degree of control.
I outline more of my thinking on this “hybrid” approach here: Building My Digital Brain Part 2: Ownership & Control
With all that being said very open to opposing views for discussion.
I share your worries about our current systems being able to adapt to what’s coming and the perverse power dynamics and fragility that are inherent with centrally controlled systems.
I said to another friend the other day if you’re into ai and have ever thought about moving off grid then you’d probably be into what I talk about lol.
Getting to the point where people can work on their true dreams and passions as you’ve outlined below for yourself is one of the huge potential positives of this technology that I am excited to work towards as well.
Are you using Open WebUI or any of the other open source stuff out there yet or still in the learning phase?
Thanks again,
Dave