i wish there were more specialized models (domains.. in addition to styles).
Formation of the Open Secure AI Alliance
there are very real usecases for alternative models.
reddit locallama: reason for uncensored models
its a double edge sword. i compare it to marijuana decriminalization/legalization and, less positively, firearm rights. but actually, i think its more like linux being open-source.
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I also use Qwen3-Coder-Next for coding, and Qwen3-Instruct for general purposes. Im curious about Gemma4; might give it a try.
Its not part of the questions, but I started using Pi.dev with llama.cpp provider as my agent. If anyone has experimented with Pi, it would be nice to hear opinions.
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.
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)
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.
i have been using Gemma4 for general purpose, and Qwen3-Coder-Next for coding
i'm always interested in small models (under ~8b) too for CPU or phone use
i may start using non local models like GLM5.2 or Kimi, since it would be nice to have "claude-level" LLM output (i don't use proprietary models)