Hi, sorry if this doesn't belong here. Getting to the point basically, I've been using online-only AI like GPT/Gemini since 2022, and have been interested in local models but am clueless overall. Yes I'm extremely late. I only use laptop (I'm a student), and I currently own: Acer swift 5 SF514-55TA (main) Acer Nitro 5 (not used currently) they're probably mid-tier. I vaguely know the basics of local models (but I'm probably too dumb for stuff like finetuning, personal setups, all that fancy shit I see online), and I have a ton of information, models, etc bookmarked on my browser. I know (and am interested in image generation, Chatting (models)? "agents" (task programs?). I guess that needs a lot of separate programs/installations? Or is it possible to have a single client to run varying programs? (im not sure if that's even referred to correctly?) (I'll likely start small) I assume a "program" like LM studio is a good starting point? (also, I've saw a comment somewhere that read: "I wonder what's the point of local models aside from breaking censorship/offline use, etc, as they're kinda a "worse" version of cloud models?")   submitted by   /u/Jromagnoli [link]   [comments]