OpenAI, a non-profit AI company that will lose anywhere from $4 billion to $5 billion this year, will at some point in the next six or so months convert into a for-profit AI company, at which point it will continue to lose money in exactly the same way. Shortly after
  • Avid Amoeba
    2•2 months ago

    Have you tried Llama? If so, is it useful according to your criteria?

    • circuscritic
      2•2 months ago

      Llama is the model I use most often, followed by ChatGPT and Claude.

      Others as well, but yes, it is incredible helpful for the tasks I use it for.

        • circuscritic
          3•2 months ago

          Yes and no, I have self-hosted models on one of my Linux boxes, but even with a relatively modern 70 series Nvidia GPU, it’s still faster to use free non-local services like ChatGPT or DDG.

          My rule of thumb for SaaS LLMs is to never enter in any data that I wouldn’t also be willing to upload cleartext to Google Drive or OneDrive.

          Sometimes that means modifying text before submitting it, and other times having to rely entirely on self-hosted tools.