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Been having too much fun using LLMs hosted locally, but can't seem to get Ollama's chat with documents to work well. Lots of "what are you talking about? There are no documents here" issues. Does anyone have any recommendations to either a) figure out what's going wrong or b) Alternative locally hosted options that chat with documents works well with (GPT4all or something?)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The honest answer is no one knows. The line is subject to change. My opinion is foreign troops threatening Russia.

Hypothetical (I hope for now and forever) If, say, France actually put soldiers in Ukraine Russia would do all sorts of shenanigans short of nuking anyone. If French and Ukrainian troops entered Russia, then we'd see tactical nukes used on Ukrainian soil for certain.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I'm going to tackle this as best as I can. I am not a subject matter expert, but have done enough political science work and worked with both Power Transition Theory and Great Power Theory to at least kick off a discussion. None of what follows is my personal opinion on the war or ideas concerning morality or just wars. This is also very simplified.

-At the moment, the Ukraine War is contained. It is not spreading and, thus, the world powers are not interested in intervening. Even in this case, the amoral state (read Richelieu) has no reason to get involved.

-The war's continuation, at the moment, does not threaten state survival to anyone outside of Russia and Ukraine. Maybe Belarus? But I view that as a non-issue since they are essentially Russia's puppet state.

-Internal challenges in nation's that could intervene will prevent them from doing so. Why? Escalating to "boots on the ground" has one of two effects. One, a surge of nationalism that allows the state to absorb immediate shocks and unifies the population. Two, a complete disruption of legitimacy and systems that could cause the state to collapse. There's not enough risk to justify the possibility of two happening.

-The western European states have not seen a major ground war in Europe since WW2. Entire generations have no idea what a modern nation-state vs. nation-state war is actually like. Afghanistan or Iraq, where international forces did operate, was very different. Getting into a shooting war directly with another power is a huge risk and huge unknown.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I'm not reading the article but instead trying to be amusing. If it breaks the reality, please put me in a new one with really good scotch, healthy knees, and a spirit of adventure!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I highly recommend you visit your local library and request/check-out a copy of the book Polarization by Nolan McCarty. Read that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The epilogue is actually pretty damn good. Highly recommended.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I've been playing Soulmask and enjoying it, but I need a break as the building in that game leaves a lot to be desired. So I'm returning to Baldur's Gate 3. I can never bring myself to play Durge or evil aligned characters, but I'm going to try a class and character I've never considered and see how it goes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Month later update: This is the route I've gone down. I've used WSL to get Ollama and WebopenUI to work and started playing around with document analysis using Llama 3. I'm going to try a few other models and see what the same document outputs now. Prompting the model to chat with the documents is...a learning experience, but I'm at the point where I can get it to spit out quotes and provide evidence for it's interpretation, at least in Llama3. Super fascinating stuff.

 

I was very excited to learn about this project...only to discover it's neither free nor open source. Does anyone know of any true open source and accessible tools for Syllabus sharing/curating/researching?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I really appreciate all the responses, but I'm overwhelmed by the amount of information and possible starting points. Could I ask you to explain or reference learning content that talks to me like I'm a curious five year old?

ELI 5?

 

I'm new to the field of large language models (LLMs) and I'm really interested in learning how to train and use my own models for qualitative analysis. However, I'm not sure where to start or what resources would be most helpful for a complete beginner. Could anyone provide some guidance and advice on the best way to get started with LLM training and usage? Specifically, I'd appreciate insights on learning resources or tutorials, tips on preparing datasets, common pitfalls or challenges, and any other general advice or words of wisdom for someone just embarking on this journey.

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Manor Lords. Its got some annoying bugs in this EA version, but the developer should be really happy. Enjoying what is in front of me. Its beautiful, mind boggling at times, and fun.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

So many story telling memories. ME is still a treasure to me despite its challenges and missteps. ME2 is among my favorite game of all time, right behind Dragon Age: Origins.

But ME3 has a scene that was so well executed that I don't think anything has ever topped it, for me, in video gaming storytelling. From his decision to rectify what he now believes is a past wrong, do it alone, to his final remark about seashells.

It, to me, is extremely emotional and in the best way that a good story can be.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'm using Claude (subbed) to help me do qualitative coding and summarizing within a very niche academic framework. I was encouraged to try it by an LLM researcher and frankly I'm happy with the results. I am using it as a tool to assist my work, not replace it, and I'm trying to balance the bias and insights of the tool with my own position as a researcher.

On that note, if anyone has any insights or suggestions to improve prompts, tools, or check myself while I tinker, please, tell me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Dragon Age: Origins

 

Forgive my ignorance, but I've got a question concerning OCR tools. Until now, I have utilized a paid service to upload, scan, convert them to searchable documents, and store my handwritten Uni notes. Handwritten because, frankly, my brain seems to engage with the content "better" than by digital note-taking.

It worked fine for what I needed, so I have never investigated open-source or had actual ownership/control over my uploaded notes before. As my work expands and the database of notes grows, maintaining data privacy is a huge concern, and I do not want to use the same system for interviews and such. My Uni has been, well, unhelpful sadly.

Are there any recommendations for having a similar system that puts more control and privacy in my hands?

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