119: Why So Many Llamas?
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Alex rolls back a major server upgrade, and we have fun playing with local large language models.

Special Guest: Wes Payne.

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• tlm) — Local CLI Copilot, powered by CodeLLaMa.

• LM Studio - Discover, download, and run local LLMs) — 🤖 - Run LLMs on your laptop, entirely offline 👾 - Use models through the in-app Chat UI or an OpenAI compatible local server 📂 - Download any compatible model files from HuggingFace 🤗 repositories 🔭 - Discover new & noteworthy LLMs in the app's home page

• Hugging Face) — The Home of Machine Learning

• 🍔 Lunch at SCaLE 🍇) — Let's put an official time down on the calendar to get together. The Yardhouse has always been a solid go-to, so sit down and break bread with the Unplugged crew during the lunch break on Saturday!