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I've tried coding and every one I've tried fails unless really, really basic small functions like what you learn as a newbie compared to say 4o mini that can spit out more sensible stuff that works.

I've tried explanations and they just regurgitate sentences that can be irrelevant, wrong, or get stuck in a loop.

So. what can I actually use a small LLM for? Which ones? I ask because I have an old laptop and the GPU can't really handle anything above 4B in a timely manner. 8B is about 1 t/s!

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[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (26 children)

Currently I've been using a local AI (a couple different kinds) to first - take the audio from a Twitch stream; so that I have context about the conversation, convert it to text, and then use a second AI; an LLM fed the first AIs translation + twitch chat and store 'facts' about specific users so that they can be referenced quickly for a streamer who has ADHD in order to be more personable.

That way, the guy can ask User X how their mothers surgery went. Or he can remember that User K has a birthday coming up. Or remember that User G's son just got a PS5 for Christmas, and wants a specific game.

It allows him to be more personable because he has issues remembering details about his users. It's still kind of a big alpha test at the moment, because we don't know the best way to display the 'data', but it functions as an aid.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 7 points 22 hours ago (18 children)

Hey, you're treating that data with the respect it demands, right? And you definitely collected consent from those chat participants before you Hoover'd up their [re-reads example] extremely Personal Identification Information AND Personal Health Information, right? Because if you didn't, you're in violation of a bunch of laws and the Twitch TOS.

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (12 children)

If I say my name is Doo doo head, in a public park, and someone happens to overhear it - they can do with that information whatever they want. Same thing. If you wanna spew your personal life on Twitch, there are bots that listen to all of the channels everywhere on twitch. They aren't violating any laws, or Twitch TOS. So, *buzzer* WRONG.

Right now, the same thing is being done to you on Lemmy. And Reddit. And Facebook. And everywhere else.

Look at a bot called "FrostyTools" for Twitch. Reads Twitch chat, Uses an AI to provide summaries of chat every 30 minutes or so. If that's not violating TOS, then neither am I. And thousands upon thousands of people use FrostyTools.

I have the consent of the streamer, I have the consent of Twitch (through their developer API), and upon using Twitch, you give the right to them to collect, distribute, and use that data at their whim.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't Twitch own all data that is written and their TOS will state something like you can't store data yourself locally.

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (2 children)

I'm not storing their data. I'm feeding it to an LLM which infers things and storing that data.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Was this system vibe coded? I get the feeling it was...

[–] CrayonDevourer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

There's not actually that much code. It's like 8 lines for an AI 'agent', and maybe another 16 lines for 'tools', and I'm using Streamlink for grabbing the audio stream, and pulseaudio has a 'monitor' device you can use to listen to what's playing on the speakers. Throw it on a very minimal linux distro on a VM, and that's it.

I don't do 'vibe coding', but that IS where I got the idea from. People who are doing 'vibe coding' nowadays aren't just plugging things into a generic AI, they're spinning up 'agents' and making tools via MCP and then those agents are tasked with specific things, and use the tools to directly write to files, search the internet, read documents, etc

[–] tfm@europe.pub 1 points 21 minutes ago

I'd also consider writing a script with AI, which you don't understand, as vibe coding. Basically if you wouldn't be able to do it on your own it's vibe coding.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

lol. Way to contradict yourself.

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