00:05:41 Timothy: In the Ottawa Citizen paper, Friday August 24, there was an article called "AI IS EXHAUSTING THE POWER GRID. 00:10:27 Bob Herres: Replying to "In the Ottawa Citize..." I'm sorry I had no idea I was using it so much ☚ī¸ 00:12:01 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Everyone will be muted during the presentation. Feel free to use the Chat window to comment and ask questions. After the presentation, people will be able to unmute themselves. Please feel free to do so if you want to ask a question or make a comment Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:14:19 Tom Trottier: https://www.ieso.ca/en/Learn/Ontario-Electricity-Grid/Supply-Mix-and-Generation 00:23:15 Carol Pearson: i didn't realize zoom allows remote control 00:25:22 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: OPCUG Fraud Watch page https://opcug.ca/fraud-watch/ 00:29:14 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: And filters are available in most email systems, even pure web-based such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail or Outlook.com 00:32:37 Bob Herres: Chris Awesome Graphic ! wow Perplexity Slide 00:33:10 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Perplexity AI https://www.perplexity.ai/ 00:37:33 Tom Trottier: Copilot also provides references 00:42:53 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Run your own AI Chatbot Ollama https://ollama.com https://ollama.com/blog/windows-preview https://docs.python.org/3/library/difflib.html 00:44:07 Tom Trottier: for your own chatbot, best to have plenty of memory! 00:46:01 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: @Tom - Although I don't think Alan's computers are really powerful or have a lot of RAM. If he finds it works ok (we'll see, I guess!) ... 00:47:21 Tom Trottier: Yes, and restricting the model to python only would help 00:47:36 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: True! 00:49:51 Tom Trottier: It would also help to exit everything else, but python & it's IDE 00:52:28 Greg: For the speed does the graphic card play a role? 00:52:31 Tom Trottier: Computing is not wasteful if you use the heat for warming other stuff, like your house or a greenhouse - when it's cold out! 00:54:09 Greg: I'm asking because it's used for blockchain jobs. 00:55:33 Tom Trottier: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/viewing-a-presentation-in-zoom-NFdw_kvdTMiPlnRQHA74hw 00:55:56 Tom Trottier: Perplexity says Ollama does use your GPU 00:55:59 Bob Herres: Reacted to "I'm asking because i..." with ❤ī¸ 00:56:05 Greg: Reacted to "Perplexity says Olla..." with 👍 00:56:34 Tom Trottier: Yes, Ollama can utilize your GPU to accelerate the running of large language models. Here are the key points about Ollama's GPU usage: GPU Support: Ollama supports NVIDIA GPUs with compute capability 5.0 or higher . This includes many GeForce GTX, Quadro, and Tesla series cards. AMD Support: Ollama also supports certain AMD Radeon GPUs, including recent RX, Radeon PRO, and Instinct series cards . Automatic Acceleration: Ollama automatically uses GPU acceleration when available, without requiring additional configuration..." 00:57:01 Greg: Reacted to " Yes, Ollama can uti..." with 👍 01:03:18 Bob Herres: I don't understand all this, but it's Very interesting, Thank you Alan!! I realize all this has Real Potential I have lots to learn.. 01:04:32 Glen: Can you tell us the name of the Integrated Python Developent environment that you used in the demo? 01:04:44 Tom Trottier: PyCharm 01:04:47 E O'Driscoll: I guess we're all in the early days of local LLM. 01:05:55 Bob Herres: Reacted to "I guess we're all in..." with ❤ī¸ 01:07:42 Greg: Alan, did you install PyCharm or it was installed with LLama ? 01:07:52 Tom Trottier: Try it if you have a good gaming machine. 01:08:01 Glen: Can you spell the name of the IDE? was it PyCharm? 01:08:09 Tom Trottier: GPUs are also good for image processing 01:08:26 Greg: Reacted to "GPUs are also good f..." with 😄 01:09:50 Ed Morawski: There may be an issue with using GPU's in that if you run any programs or drivers other than the 'official' drivers meant to the GPU you warrantee may be void. This is the issue (I'm told) with anything related to Bitcoin mining. 01:10:33 Michelle Faber: thank you. 01:10:36 Harvey Hope: Alan, are you using Bell Giga modem? 01:10:45 Tom Trottier: This fastest laptop often goes on sale for under %1900 - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0BS9YRLDR 01:11:21 Bob Herres: Thank you Chris & Alan! Tons of amazing solid content that is not available anywhere else Great Evening 01:11:23 Glen: Is Perplexity.AI better than Copilot / ChatGPT? 01:11:29 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Harvey Yes. I think its a Home 3000 01:13:30 Harvey Hope: Alan, here's the link to Bell Giga Hub https://business.bell.ca/support/small-business/internet/modems/giga-hub 01:13:49 Michelle Faber: Good night 01:13:57 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Harvey - Thanks. Will check. 01:15:43 Carol Pearson: HAND UP 01:16:46 E O'Driscoll: Thanks for the reminder about Perplexity.AI. I am often irritated by Google results. I will try it . Great info tonight reflecting a lot of effort! Thank you as always. 01:22:10 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Thanks for the remin..." with ❤ī¸ 01:23:04 Carol Pearson: thankssfe ttravels 01:23:09 Glen: Thanks 01:23:10 Greg: Thanks great presentation 01:23:10 Ed Morawski: Great info tonight! 01:23:11 Allison: Thank you!