I’m fascinated by the whole ecosystem popping up around llama and local LLMs. I’m also curious what everyone here is up to with the models they are running.
Why are you interested in running local models? What are you doing with them?
Secondarily, how are you running your models? Are you truly running them on a local hardware or on a cloud service?
tax deductible if you use your imagination
and you get to play with gear you already wanted
and you get experience for super high paying jobs
just comes down to fitting it within your budget to begin with
to tax deduct anything you have to earn. and most users here are students ( undergrads/phd’s/ masters) that make less to deduct 10k in pc hardware.
Best way is to ask your program "( phd) for sponsoring, or if undergrad to apply to scholarships