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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, well, one can be an ML tinkerer/enthusiast and still despise all this shit.

I'm quantizing a few variants of a new 36B LLM to test now. I love it! Its great, and puts some closed source stuff to shame, and it's my hobby.

...Doesn't mean I want AI slop posters shoved in my face either, or shoehorned into every crevice it doesn't belong.

That doesn't really matter because I'm like a microscopic part of the population, but still, I hate being grouped as 'pro AI' when I hate tech bros even more than whoever's reading this, probably.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I totally appreciate that. ML, imo, is not "AI" as advertised. Go you.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Thanks!

The mere association has drawn a ton of hate though, like a ban on Reddit subs. I think Lemmy's population is more aware of the distinction due to the obvious interest in self-hosted stuff.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Doesn't surprise me. I think if OpenAI or any of the usual suspects stuck to the data aspects and didn't blanket the globe in gen-AI bullshit this situation would be much, much better. But then, they wouldn't make nearly as much money. Which, after all, is the only thing really driving the insanity.