#bonsai

LocalLLaMA liked the promise of 1.58-bit models, but the thread quickly asked the hard question: are the comparisons fair against quantized Qwen peers, or just full-precision baselines?

A strong r/LocalLLaMA reaction suggests PrismML’s Bonsai launch is landing as more than another compression headline. The discussion combines the company’s end-to-end 1-bit claims with early hands-on reports that the models feel materially more usable than earlier BitNet-style experiments.