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Re:Gemma 3 270M: The compact model for hyper-efficient AI by layer8 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @01:33PM (#44903261)
> It's absolutely tiny - just a 241MB download

That still requires more than 170 floppy disks for installation.

Re:Gemma 3 270M: The compact model for hyper-efficient AI by freedomben on Thursday August 14, 2025 @03:37PM (#44904675)
Indeed. Requires over 3,000,000 punch cards to store. Not very tiny!
Re:Gemma 3 270M: The compact model for hyper-efficient AI by stikypad on Thursday August 14, 2025 @06:43PM (#44906576)
On the plus side, you can decompose your matrices for free using termites.