cm0002@lemmy.world to Free Open-Source Artificial Intelligence@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoAI language model runs on a Windows 98 system with Pentium II and 128MB RAMwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkAI language model runs on a Windows 98 system with Pentium II and 128MB RAMwww.tomshardware.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Free Open-Source Artificial Intelligence@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3linkfedilink
minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt just goes to show that the current LLM/AI hype only exists to sell new hardware. The manufacturers want to keep us in the RatRace, which is why they keep pushing out inefficient features that nobody wants. Before anyone gets on their soapbox about GNU/Linux, the big distros are just as bloated as Windows and MacOS! They have “simplified” their installers for novices to the point where everything, including the kitchen sink is installed.
minus-squareherrvogel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYou are free to try and run LLMs on your old hardware. Don’t be surprised when (not if) it takes 4 business days to generate completely nonsensical replies to the most basic prompts.
It just goes to show that the current LLM/AI hype only exists to sell new hardware.
The manufacturers want to keep us in the RatRace, which is why they keep pushing out inefficient features that nobody wants.
Before anyone gets on their soapbox about GNU/Linux, the big distros are just as bloated as Windows and MacOS!
They have “simplified” their installers for novices to the point where everything, including the kitchen sink is installed.
You are free to try and run LLMs on your old hardware. Don’t be surprised when (not if) it takes 4 business days to generate completely nonsensical replies to the most basic prompts.