[HN Gopher] (AMD) Build AI Agents That Run Locally
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       (AMD) Build AI Agents That Run Locally
        
       Author : galaxyLogic
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2026-04-13 19:28 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | galaxyLogic wrote:
       | Not so clear from their page but from
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       | https://www.tipranks.com/news/amd-stock-slips-despite-a-majo...
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       | I read:
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       | " In addition to that, the update allows these agents to be
       | turned into desktop apps for multiple operating systems. "
       | 
       | This seems like a new way to create app: Create an (AI) app that
       | creates apps.
        
         | latchkey wrote:
         | The stock is peaking highs again and people are quoting
         | articles saying "stock slips"...
        
       | Mars008 wrote:
       | In case you are interested:
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       | Requirement Minimum
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       | Processor AMD Ryzen AI 300-series
        
       | xrd wrote:
       | I wanted to believe but anyone who has spent any time trying to
       | run models locally knows this is not going to be solved by two
       | lines of python running on rocm as the example shows.
        
         | wilkystyle wrote:
         | Curious to hear more. My experience is limited to llama.cpp on
         | Apple silicon so far, but have been eyeing AMD ecosystem from
         | afar.
        
           | nevi-me wrote:
           | Perhaps not a good example, I tried running local models a
           | few times, to much disappointment (actually made me skeptical
           | of LLMs in general for a while).
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           | My last experiment in January was trying to run a Qwen model
           | locally (RTX 4080; 128GB RAM; 9950X3D). I must have been
           | doing it extremely wrong because the models that I tried
           | either hallucinated severely or got stuck in a loop. The
           | funniest one was stuck in a "but wait, ..." loop.
           | 
           | I fortunately had started experimenting with Claude, so I
           | opted to pay Anthropic more money for tokens (work already
           | covers the bill, this was for personal use).
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           | That whole experience + a noisy GPU, put me off the idea of
           | running/building local agents.
        
       | warwickmcintosh wrote:
       | ROCm has improved but the reality is you're still fighting the
       | driver stack more than the models. If you're actually doing local
       | inference on AMD you're spending your time on CUDA compatibility
       | layers, not the AI part. Two lines of python is marketing, the
       | gap between demo and working AMD setup is still real.
        
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