After two years of breathless AI headlines, it’s time for a reality check on what this technology actually does well and where it falls flat on its face.

Local AI isn’t just coming to your home lab — it’s already here, and it’s changing everything from how we manage our infrastructure to creating music in ways that would make our granddaddies scratch their heads in wonder.

Everyone’s talking about AI like it’s the second coming of sliced bread, but let’s take a step back and separate the wheat from the chaff in this wild west of artificial intelligence.