My coworker told me to ignore the hype and just use a basic local LLM for our internal docs, and after 3 months of testing, our team's accuracy went up 12%.

He said 'the big cloud models are overkill for structured data you already own,' so we set up Llama 3 on a spare server, and now I'm wondering why more small shops don't skip the API fees and go local for simple tasks.

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fiona_carr266d ago

Wow, @carter.mila's story really shows how powerful a simple local setup can be.

carter.mila6d ago

My friend's design firm tried the same thing with their project notes... they grabbed an old computer, installed a local model, and trained it on their past client briefs. Now it pulls up old color schemes and layout ideas in seconds without any monthly bill. The team lead said it felt like digging through a filing cabinet versus having a chatty intern who keeps forgetting things.

holly7096d ago

Totally, we did that with our meeting notes and it's like having a perfect memory for every dumb idea we ever had lol.