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Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

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I like that it doesn't seem to have any guide rails. I now know how to make napalm at least.

It has a few. It refused to write me a pornographic fantasy before it provided an impressively detailed explanation of how to exterminate ethnic minorities.

Does feel like a very American approach to decorum

Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

#83

I'm definitely perplexed but not in a good way. It's fast but... I asked it what it was and first it told me it was Google Lens. Then it told me some random stuff about android. I asked "But what are you though?" and got this: "A black hole is a region in space with extremely strong gravity, so powerful that not even light can escape it. They form from the remnants of large stars that die in supernova explosions. Key…

Just tried and got the same odd response. Maybe "what is this" or is a common phrase searched for that leads to Google Lens?

No matter what, Perplexity is now the worst of the worst. They were early with the ability to upload documents but the utter failure of Perplexity to be useful is proving what I have been saying for a year now, (1) LLMs are not "AI" any more than a spell checker is and (2) LLMs are not really useful for anything other than a VERY good spell checker.

Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

#84

I asked “what is this” and it responded with: Google Lens is an application that allows users to search and identify objects, translate text, and perform various tasks using just a camera or a photo. It is available on both Android and iOS devices. Some key features of Google Lens include: Using the camera to identify objects, such as artwork, plants, or everyday items. Translating text in real-time from over 100 lan…

Who are you? > I am an AI-powered virtual assistant, and my name is Alexa. I am here to help you with various tasks, answer questions, and provide information on a wide range of topics. My purpose is to assist you in any way I can, making your life more convenient and informative.

"What's your name?" > My name is Google.

This is odd because who is searching the term, "Whats your name?" then clicking the google homepage as a result?

Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

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post #27

I recently downloaded ollama on my Linux machine and even with 3060 12gb gpu and 24 GB Ram I'm unable to run mistral or dolphin and always get an out of memory error. So it's amazing that these companies are able to scale these so well handling thousands of requests per minute. I wish they would do a behind the scenes on how much money, time, optimisation is done to make this all work. Also big fan of anyscale. Their…

You need to pick the correct model size and quantization for the amount of GPU RAM you have. For any given model don’t download the default file, instead go to Tags section on Ollama’s page and pick a quantization whose size in GB is at most 2/3rd of your available RAM, and it should work. For example in your case Mistral-7B q4_0 and even q8_0 should work perfectly.

whats the intuition for 2/3 of RAM?

Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

#88
post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, it's tiresome for just about everyone paying attention to LLMs.

Ok, so what do you suggest, people paying only casual attention should know this somehow?

Don't spout off about something you're not knowledgeable about? Not trying to be rude it just seems like if you don't know how they work you shouldn't be declaring something a failure because of a poorly conceived test.

Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

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post #80
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Failed on the very first try, still not convinced LLM served by Perplexity Labs To solve the expression 2+2+2+2+2*1, you should follow the order of operations (PEMDAS/BODMAS), which stands for Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication and Division, and Addition and Subtraction. Applying the order of operations to the given expression: Perform multiplication: 2 * 1 = 2 Perform addition and subtraction from left to right:…

I think it's understandable these models get tripped up by math problems. But if you want another way to ground lofty expectations, ask word riddles. --- "Answer this riddle: Which one of Santa's Reindeer can you see in outer space?" pplx-70b-chat: "You can see Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer, in outer space." llama-2-70b-chat: "The answer to the riddle is "Rudolph." Rudolph is the only reindeer with a red nose, and…

It's interesting, for that last one, that the 7b model actually did better than 70b

Re: Perplexity Labs Playground

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I'm definitely perplexed but not in a good way. It's fast but... I asked it what it was and first it told me it was Google Lens. Then it told me some random stuff about android. I asked "But what are you though?" and got this: "A black hole is a region in space with extremely strong gravity, so powerful that not even light can escape it. They form from the remnants of large stars that die in supernova explosions. Key…

Just tried and got the same odd response. Maybe "what is this" or is a common phrase searched for that leads to Google Lens? No matter what, Perplexity is now the worst of the worst. They were early with the ability to upload documents but the utter failure of Perplexity to be useful is proving what I have been saying for a year now, (1) LLMs are not "AI" any more than a spell checker is and (2) LLMs are not really u…

I'm not sure why 'perplexity is bad' means 'all LLMs are nearly useless.' Do we use Warwick Davis as the reference height for humans?
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