LocalLLaMA
Welcome to LocalLLaMA! Here we discuss running and developing machine learning models at home. Lets explore cutting edge open source neural network technology together.
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Rule 1 - No harassment or personal character attacks of community members. I.E no namecalling, no generalizing entire groups of people that make up our community, no baseless personal insults.
Rule 2 - No comparing artificial intelligence/machine learning models to cryptocurrency. I.E no comparing the usefulness of models to that of NFTs, no comparing the resource usage required to train a model is anything close to maintaining a blockchain/ mining for crypto, no implying its just a fad/bubble that will leave people with nothing of value when it burst.
Rule 3 - No comparing artificial intelligence/machine learning to simple text prediction algorithms. I.E statements such as "llms are basically just simple text predictions like what your phone keyboard autocorrect uses, and they're still using the same algorithms since <over 10 years ago>.
Rule 4 - No implying that models are devoid of purpose or potential for enriching peoples lives.
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Thank you!!! This is awesome!
When using llama.cpp, does it pass your prompts through a web server to process? Any privacy concerns?
Sounds like I’m looking at a few grand to run something decent. I’ll need to do more research before I commit to that big of a purchase, but your machine sounds nice!
Are there any small models you recommend that can run on 16GB DDR4 and an i7? No dedicated graphics card with separate VRAM. Maybe I’ll just experiment with something v small first.
Thanks again!
Thanks. I don’t understand web UI enough. Thought it had to be hosted somewhere. I’ll try it out.
I just want to use it for general web search, data processing and maybe some light automation. In the beginning I just wanna understand how it all works and how to set it up so small model is fine.
Are you running llama.cpp via Docker or you compiled on your machine?
cool, i'm doing the same. i thought you had to run it via Docker, but I'm running via powershell and the web UI.
Got it. I’ve built simple webpages and opened those files in my browser to preview them, but didn’t know those would connect to anything.
I’ll check out Jan and Llama and see which works for me.
Thanks!!
You would be surprised by the smaller 7-12B LLMs. Give them tools and they can work well
Thanks! I imagine you can create and pull tools from somewhere. Where is a good place to find prebuilt tools?
Thanks! LLM Council tool sounds cool. Will I be able to just get an MCP server link and plug it into the llama.cpp UI or more involved?