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how many models have you collected locally? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by leanleft@lemmy.ml to c/localllama@sh.itjust.works

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llm's are random text generators. each one is a different architecture, different training data, or different training recipe.

first off: you probably dont need to fill up your harddrive with every good model in existance. often a url link is sufficient.(unless the owner deletes it. but quants are often still there)

optional second questions: how many links do you have to decent models(excluding low value experiments) how many would you estimate that you have?

optional third question: how much is your divirsity of model usage? assuming you had the compute, how many tested models would you utilize for a single query across different models? average. max.

fourth question: do you still rely on inference compute for non-locally hosted models?

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[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Every now and then I try new models that come out and replace older ones I have that are worse. Best of the bunch for me is Gemma4, so all the rest went in the bin.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

What do you use your local models for? I've been considering going local but I'm not sure if local models are good enough yet to help me with CBT (essentially I paste in a few paragraphs describing my mental health problems and it analyzes what the mechanism is and how to untangle it. ChatGPT only became good enough for this last Christmas)

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Local llms would be big boot to your privacy if nothing else. You dont know what cloud llm providers do with your info, how long they store your data, or who they sell it to. The only HIPPA compliant model I know of is Claude series through api key access specifically. With local llms you dont have to worry about those things.

Also consider they changing and tweaking models all the time behind the scenes what works great for you now may change next update. Once you download a local llm its yours no chance of changes happening to important therapy not.

Chain of thought models are really good for use cases where you want quality answers over speedy ones.