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from cm0002@digipres.cafe to programming@programming.dev on 02 Feb 15:54
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itkovian@lemmy.world on 02 Feb 16:23 next collapse

Honestly, the cost of LLMs are simply too high for me to stomach. I would never use them, no matter how much they are shoved onto my face.

cm0002@digipres.cafe on 02 Feb 17:12 collapse

Would you use a local open source LLM? (Assuming you have, or have the ability to acquire, a GPU or 2)

itkovian@lemmy.world on 02 Feb 17:16 collapse

Most likely no. I haven’t found them all that useful, tbh. Maybe I am just broken, but it really makes me wonder how people like it so much.

cm0002@digipres.cafe on 02 Feb 23:01 collapse

I find some utility in them, they’re VERY far from the end all be all tool that AI bros hype.

I used it heavily to generate more cover letters for a recent job hunt than Ive ever done in my life and that’s in addition to generating pretty much all of my written communication. So it was of great help there to help me mass apply to shit (without using one of those dumb AI applying services (tried like 2 of em, utter dog shit lmao))

Just yesterday I used my local LLM to process a pic I snapped of a handwritten birthday invite one of my kids got and it was inserted into my calendar accurately. Is GenAI 100%, no, but it’s more accurate than the previous solution for something like that I think.

itkovian@lemmy.world on 03 Feb 10:30 collapse

I don’t apply for jobs far and wide because my area of interest is fairly niche and specialized, i.e., developing engineering related software like CAD and CAE.

I found traditional tools to suffice in almost all other cases.

PokerChips@programming.dev on 02 Feb 16:53 collapse

Any hints?