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NAME:Small is beautiful — using and adapting small language models
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SUMMARY:Small is beautiful — using and adapting small language models
LOCATION:Online
DESCRIPTION:This is a hands-on workshop to use and adapt small language mo
 dels (SLM) running locally on your laptop. \n\nThis is a hands-on workshop
  to setup\, use and adapt small language models (SLM) running locally on y
 our laptop. Check this out for an overview on what a SLM is: https://huggi
 ngface.co/blog/jjokah/small-language-model.\n\nThe goals of this workhop i
 s not only technical but much more importantly:\n- to raise awareness on a
 lternatives to the usual online AI solutions\n- to give agency and choices
  back to users of AI\, for fitting use cases at least\, and \n- to discuss
  how such alternatives align with the Code of Conduct Democratic AI\n\nLoc
 al-first SLM may also be a better fit when it comes to vounteer projects f
 or nonprofits\, where we often cannot afford paying online subscriptions.\
 n\nToo good to be true? Join this beginner-friendly workshop to try SLM ou
 t for yourself!  If you have NEVER heard of SLM\, Llama.cpp\, Ollama\, LMS
 tudio\, llamafile and RAG before\, this workshop is for you.  On the other
  hand if you already have some experience on SLM and would like to dive de
 eper with us\, kindly stay tuned for the follow-up\, more advanced worksho
 p.\n\nOur rundown:\n- Motivation and goals\n- What are small language mode
 ls (SLM)\n- Finding and setting up a SLM on your laptop\n- Using SLM with 
 command line interfaces (CLI)\n- Using SLM with graphical user interfaces 
 (GUI)\n- Using SLM from the Python programming language\n- Adapting an exi
 sting SLM with private or the latest info\n- Open exchange on pros\, cons 
 and follow-up ideas\n\nSylvi and Chris will be leading this workshop. Sylv
 i is an economist gone data scientist\, currently serves on the Board of C
 orrelAid and is interested in engraining the code of conduct of democratic
  AI (https://demokratische-ki.de/) into CorrelAid’s structure.  Chris is
  one of CorrelAid's Local Chapter Heads in Cologne\, a career IT person wi
 th over 30 years experience working worldwide.\n\nPlease note the followin
 gs:\n- This event will be conducted in English.\n- This event follows the 
 CorrelAid Code of Conduct: https://correlaid.org/en/coc\n- There will be N
 O recording of the session.  \n- AI bots for transcription are not allowed
 .\n- Participants are limited to 15.\n\nRegistration: https://pretix.eu/co
 rrelaid/community-ws/4934058/\n\nView more at: https://correlaid.org/veran
 staltungen/community_ws_SLM_may
URL;VALUE=URI:https://correlaid.org/veranstaltungen/community_ws_SLM_may
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