services.tabby.enable = true;
services.tabby.acceleration = "cuda";

? Could be another way.

Quite some AI questions coming up in selfhosted in the last few days…

Here’s some more communities I’m subscribed to:

• !localllama@sh.itjust.works
• !fosai@lemmy.world
• !stable_diffusion@lemmy.dbzer0.com

And a few inactive ones on lemmy.intai.tech

I’m using koboldcpp and ollama. KoboldCpp is really awesome. In terms of hardware it’s an old PC with lots of RAM but no graphics card, so it’s quite slow for me. I occasionally rent a cloud GPU instance on runpod.io Not doing anything fancy, mainly role play, recreational stuff and I occasionally ask it to give me creative ideas for something, translate something or re-word or draft an unimportant text / email.

Have tried coding, summarizing and other stuff, but the performance of current AI isn’t enough for my everyday tasks.

And I can feel the change in the wind right now

Nothing′s in my way

And they’re not gonna hold me down no more

No, they’re not gonna hold me down

Feel free to extend that problem to fighter jets or ballerinas playing tag 😆

However, I’m pretty sure it’s already solved. Doesn’t seem difficult to prove and has had applications for centuries already. And I’ve played the Robots Game when I was 12 or something…

Sure. And I mean the “sufficiently small” distance is exactly the question. I mean it’s not really an interesting question to ask if they’re still 12 nautical miles apart… The initial distance isn’t really of concern. It just has to work for any given initial state. And the next question is, are we talking about entering a ship or using cannons? Then it’s either can the distance become 0 or can it get less than something.

I think that’s a good take on things.

Ultimately it still holds true. Information does want to be free. You just can’t mix that with misinformation, have everything on the same level and a general audience completely oblivious to the fact and uneducated.

Things have changed. Back in those times it was a small elite on the internet. People who could afford computers and an internet connection and make some use out of it. You needed some amount of intelligence because you had to put some effort in to get online, learn about the tools because that wasn’t easy or provided to you. So you’d generally be at least somewhat intelligent if you ended up on the internet. And that’s beneficial when it comes to receiving unfiltered information. Combined with the fact that there were comparatively more academics and students, because that was the origin of the internet.

And it wasn’t that common to push your agenda there or advertise for your skewed political views in the way people do it nowadays. Due to the nature of the internet and the amount of people there, it wasn’t worth the effort. You’d be better off focusing somewhere else where you could influence more people. So the dynamics were just different due to history and circumstances.

Things have changed. Nowadays everyone is online all the time. It’s the place to influence people and make money. And that’s the other part of the problem. The actual people, connecting them and providing information to them (or to each other) isn’t what’s most of the internet is about, anymore. Motivations are gathering data about people and selling them, making people become addicted to your platform so they spend more time there and you can make more money. Everyone is competing for attention. And bad, emotional stories are what works best. Giving people the “simple truths” they seek instead of an intellectual and nuanced view. Factuality just gets in the way of all of that.

I sometimes like to compare that to the Age of Reason / Enlightenment. Back then it was monarchs, bad dynamics and missing education. Now it’s big tech companies, bad dynamics and insufficient education. People need to get emancipated, educated and leave the current “immature state of ignorance” (to quote Kant.)

Information and education are key. And the internet, algorithms and AI are just tools. They can be used for progress, or to enslave us. At least the internet has the potential (and was build) to connect people and provide a level playing field to everyone. But it can be used for a variety of different things. And choosing the right things isn’t something that can be solved by technology alone.

Concerning the proof, I’d consider that at any given point where both objects haven’t converged yet, there has to be a next point that can be reached by the ship with the higher maneuverability but not by the faster ship. It’s probably calculus from that point on and I’m not really good at that. If there’s always such a possibility, the slower ship can always outmaneuver the other one. And seems to me like vectors in a polar coordinate system would be made for this.

Set vector1 equal to vector2 plus an arbitrary distance. See if there’s a solution for phi2 < phi1.

Free Software, proprietary, open-weight models, source-available, FLOSS, copyleft, permissive license.

I think “open source” should mean what the OSI wants it to say, since they coined that term. But not all people agree and since they use it for different things and marketing, it’s lost some of its intended meaning. I don’t want to confuse people. And I also don’t like to use terms that can be (mis)used by the source-available people or people who add the commons clause, so I always try to include “free” as in freedom or “libre”.

Probably called cockoo clock or pomodoro timer, or interval timer. A quick search shows there are multiple such apps, I haven’t tried them so I’m not sure which to recommend.

Entirely depends on the software you install on it?!

I mean the OS and UI don’t give you “smartness”. And I’m not completely sure about the definition. I for example think it’s smart not letting big tech companies steal all your data. So I might choose a different OS and different Apps than somebody else.

Concerning AI: I think ChatGPT runs on all of them. And I think all the assistants also run more or less in the cloud and don’t depend on the exact phone model. However, there are AI things that run on the phone itself. Camera picture enhancement and speech recognition for example.

Manufacturers often advertise with new AI features and unlock them on their newest flagship models. So the answer to your question regarding AI in preinstalled apps is probably: The current most expensive flagship models of Google/Samsung/Apple. One will have a slightly better camera AI, one a better photo editor and one a better AI assistant.

Kids should use their own creativity, practice reading, creating something. Play outside, get dirty. Do sports, maybe learn a musical instrument. And do their homework themselves.

I’d say many things are alright in the proper dose. I mean ChatGPT is part of the world they’re growing in to…

And 16 isn’t a kid anymore. They can handle some responsibility. I don’t see a one-size-fits every 16 yo solution. I think you should allow them and decide individually.

I’d say at 16, give them some responsibility and let them practice handling it. But that means supervised. You can’t just give them anything and hop they’ll cope on their own. And AI has some non-obvious consequences / traps you can run into. Not even most of the adults can handle or understand it properly. So your focus should be teaching them the how and why, in my opinion. Alike you’d teach your kid how to use the circular saw at some point that age. As a parent you should lokk at them and see if they’re ready for it and how much supervision is appropriate.

I applaud your optimism. And you’re right. The design of the fediverse encourages these properties. But there are also other dynamics at play.

I wouldn’t describe Lemmy as an intellectual place. It’s more a cross-sectional take on society. It’s a diverse place of common folks, a few nerds, people posting the news, sharing memes or asking questions…

It depends a bit on the specific community. Some have nice people and active conversation, some don’t. Especially niche topics are a mixed bag. We’re just 50.000 active users so that means for some smaller hobbies you can’t really get a conversation going. But you included some broad topics. I’m sure some of them work well here.

!technology@beehaw.org regularly has good posts. Debate and politics work very well all across the platform… I’m not really an expert on the communities here, I hope other people can give good recommendations. Art, literature and ecology also have healthy communities. Sometimes entire instaces dedicated to it.

I think if you’re willing to share this place with a diverse group of people, you can get happy here.

Good luck. And thanks for trying to help people.

I’m not sure when it gets to the legal side of things. It’s probably really difficult (as it’s always the case with law ;-) depends on the jurisdiction of the harmed user, the instance’s jurisdiction and yours. And the case-specific details.

I’m not a lawyer but I’d say it’s not necessarily you in the line. Even if you willed the specific community into existence. The instance owner is providing the service. And it’s also them having the final say in things and they have the logs if something goes wrong. And the actual offense is also commited by somebody else. So it’s primarily their responsibility.

I think I’m more concerned with the ethical side. And if I were you I’d pay attention it doesn’t interfere with the career. So I’d stay pseudonymous and not use my real name.

You’re probably more qualified than some other random person. And always thinking about the negative extreme isn’t getting people anywhere. It’s more the people who just try things who succeed. And sometimes great things come from it. That’d be arguments to do it. In your cases there are bad consequences if you do it wrong. This isn’t the case for casual conversation on Lemmy, but you can also really help people.

Some Ideas: Try distributing the responsibility over more shoulders. Some communities have mods spread across the ocean so there’s someone awake most of the time. And on Lemmy there are lots of people from the USA and from Germany. And you can manage expectations. Tell people what to expect and how to handle negative experiences. That enables them to make a decision for themselves.

I’d like to add that is just my opinion and what my common sense provides me with. So despite me wording this a bit factually, it’s just my 2 cents.

I think the burden with complying with the law is mostly on the instance owners and less so on you. But you’re also responsible for what you do.

I’d be more concerned with the responsibility this comes with. You absolutely need to moderate it properly. And you need to do it right or you’re doing your audience a disservice.

I don’t think there is any shame in trying… If you can assure you’re doing it somewhat properly.

I’d say you’re fucked. Best thing I can come up is fake being sick and hope there’s another try available in a few weeks. And use that time to prepare. In proper maths, it doesn’t really if they test your knowledge or calculation skills… Both requires you to learn.

Concerning the cheating: Entirely depends on the situation. Usually there are people watching and making sure no one cheats… They might have seen some attempts and be better at spotting it than you are doing it if it’s your first rodeo. I wouldn’t try unless it’s a single 65 yo dude who doesn’t care.

BOOTSTRA.386 (okay, on second thought, that’s more the 80s and doesn’t really fit.)

Can we get a bit more info? Does it run locally? What specs does it need? Which technology does it use, something open-ended like Whisper? Or something faster with a prefefined set of sentences like VOSK? Which TTS engine does it use? Does it do other languages than just English?

Do these private computers run a properly licensed version of Windows? What’s the cost for a license? Same as in other countries?

And another thing I wodered: Is there more Linux expertise available than in other countries? I guess the average person from India isn’t in IT. But there’s lots of IT, lots of companies from my country have outsourced parts of their IT. I occasionally watch tutorial videos or university lectures on Youtube either in english with a heavy accent or for domestic use and not in english. Some of them discuss some crazy niche Linux topics or software development, which is also oftentimes deployed on Linux infrastructure. Or is it just because India is a big country and it’s just a matter of scale that I get to see some videos from over there?

I think with the ‘32’ in your error message, the issue is probably running old 32bit software on a modern 64bit system?

Have you enabled multilib?

There is a bit more info on that on the Steam page in the arch wiki.