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From 80s Supercomputers to Mac Studio Clusters: The MLX-Powered DIY AI Revolution
Picture 1985: you’re standing before a Cray X-MP, a supercomputer so sleek it could double as a Star Wars set piece. Its vector processors hum with raw power. Now jump to 2025, where you’re in a garage, linking up Apple Mac Studios, their M4 Max chips gleaming with AI potential. What connects these moments? The…
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Why Manners Matter: The Role of Politeness in AI Interactions
Imagine a nobleman in Elizabethan attire, bowing courteously before a noblewoman whose face gleams with cybernetic features. Her metallic visage reflects the candlelight, yet her expression remains unreadable. Does his gesture of respect influence her response, or is she merely processing data at lightning speed? This vivid scene frames a question explored here: does politeness…
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The Great Saturation: When Markets, Minds, and Machines Hit Their Limits
Brushing Up on Saturation Imagine a world where every man, woman, and child already owns an electric toothbrush. Not just any toothbrush, but the flagship model, packed with sonic pulses, Bluetooth syncing, AI-powered brushing advice, and more LEDs than a gaming PC. The toothbrush manufacturer, once raking in profits with each gleaming new unit sold,…
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Knowledge Graphs Won’t Solve the LLM Crisis—Here’s Why
The recent surge in interest around Large Language Models (LLMs) has highlighted both their capabilities and their limitations, particularly concerning factual accuracy and logical consistency. As discussions intensify, knowledge graphs frequently emerge as a potential “silver bullet” to the notorious hallucination problems exhibited by LLMs. The promise is seductive: by anchoring LLM outputs to structured,…
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Bridging the Gap: RAG, OpenAI API, Anthropic MCP, and Ollama LLMs
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has quickly evolved into one of the most promising methods to enhance the accuracy, reliability, and usefulness of large language models (LLMs). With advancements like OpenAI’s File Search Tool and Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), RAG has seen further enhancements, offering practical and robust methods for delivering contextually accurate, up-to-date responses. However,…
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