Lately I’ve been using AI locally instead of cloud stuff. No internet needed, no accounts, nothing leaving my machine. Cloud AI is cool, but you share more than you realize. Local just feels safer for me. Using models like dolphin-mistral:7b, llama3.1:8b, mistral:7b.
Yes, I only use local AI. llamma.cpp (not related to the Meta llama) and I have used Ollama in the past (which is just a user friendly wrapper for llama.cpp ) though have mostly migrated to llamma.cpp. I also use ComfyUI, I love playing with stable diffusion. I also actually make content I need with it as well 😉.
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
“We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication,” Nadella wrote in a rambling post flagged by Windows Central, arguing, "Humanity needs to learn to accept AI as the new equilibrium of human nature."
If "the new equilibrium of human nature" is code for worthless, mind-numbing garbage that is clogging up any and all human interaction, then I guess we agree!
I have no issue with AI, the technology, I have been working on it since 1986. The development of LLMs, artificial neural networks has certainly been a game changer. Though I am not any part of the obsession to make huge server farms that power AI Instances to provide services for mobile devices, or any device you want to hook to them. I use only local AI that I work on, or those that collaborate with me work on.
One very disturbing issue for me is that people cannot make a distinction between AI, the technology, and services provided by corporations. There is a huge difference. For instance I do not train my AI on copyrighted material stolen on the internet. I train them on open source, public domain resources and my own content.
I use ComfyUI (generative AI) to make assets, and just to have fun. I use only checkpoints and loras trained on public domain content, and yes, you can check this. I have used LLMs that I have trained to turn
I have no issue with AI, the technology, I have been working on it since 1986. The development of LLMs, artificial neural networks has certainly been a game changer. Though I am not any part of the obsession to make huge server farms that power AI Instances to provide services for mobile devices, or any device you want to hook to them. I use only local AI that I work on, or those that collaborate with me work on.
One very disturbing issue for me is that people cannot make a distinction between AI, the technology, and services provided by corporations. There is a huge difference. For instance I do not train my AI on copyrighted material stolen on the internet. I train them on open source, public domain resources and my own content.
I use ComfyUI (generative AI) to make assets, and just to have fun. I use only checkpoints and loras trained on public domain content, and yes, you can check this. I have used LLMs that I have trained to turn vim on my machine into a full blown IDE (not that it was not already). There are many practical implementations of AI that does and will enhance all of our lives. That does not mean I support corporate server farms trying to inject AI into all aspects of our life, need or want it or not. On the other hand I do not feel that it is fair for people to be judging AI for what corporations do. Should I judge fire for what arsonist do? Should I judge antibiotics by their current abuse in agriculture?
It is an old technology that we have been working on for decades. With great success in recent decades. It is not SLOP it is valuable technology when used appropriately. AI should not be held accountable for the way corporation misuse it for monetization. Corporations should be held accountable for their actions. Not the millions of developers that have diligently worked to hone a technology that is quite valuable.
It's two hours after the family's return from a week-long New Year's vacation. In thhat time, I've cleaned dog pee off the floor, both kids have had meltdowns and the entire contents of a jelly jar has filled a refrigerator shelf.
Honestly, IRC is the most fun I’ve had online. Simple, fast, and no-nonsense. I’ve been using it for about 4-5
months now, mainly connecting to Libera.Chat.
I personally prefer using WeeChat because I enjoy the terminal-based workflow, but there are plenty of other great clients like Irssi or HexChat depending on your style. It’s a great way to find focused communities.
I love the IRC, I have been using it since the late 1990's. Back then web based group chats were incredibly slow and useless. So Usenet and IRC were the place to be.
I've been celebrating the #NewYear most of the day with the broadcast from Vienna, with a lot of #Strauss. I catch it on the radio first because at least #NPR doesn't ruin the second finale, which is the Radetzky March, while #PBS craps on it every time with rolling credits and infernal announcements.
Of course the only way to catch the visuals and historical context is to view it on PBS later in the day...however...the ballet pieces left a lot to be desired this year so I hope they change choreographer. What's with this strewn 8 1/2 by 11 papers all over the place??? Couldn't you find silk roses to toss around with the Roses From The South Waltz? Doing that with the Diplomat Waltz made sense after a fashion, but it was definitely overdone. To think you killed a tree for that.
Unus Nemo
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Yes, I only use local AI. llamma.cpp (not related to the Meta llama) and I have used Ollama in the past (which is just a user friendly wrapper for llama.cpp ) though have mostly migrated to llamma.cpp. I also use ComfyUI, I love playing with stable diffusion. I also actually make content I need with it as well 😉.
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