> Now you can download free open source software, that works better than DALL-E and runs fine on a plain old video card, and for orders of magnitude lower cost.
Ok, I completely missed that one. Can you point me in the right direction?
Re:I love LLMs, I hate hype
by somenameforme on Monday July 13, 2026 @04:07AM
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Sure, for a balance between usability and power I'd recommend fooocus. [1] AmuseAI [2] is an alternative that is extremely plug-and-play which can be especially handy with AMD hardware, but is a bit less powerful and also censored by default. ComfyUI [3] is an advanced tool for rich customization and what not. However it's anything but comfy if you're not already quite knowledgeable in this domain - I would not recommend it for a first tool.
[1] - https://github.com/lllyasviel/Fooocus
Thank you!
Re:I love LLMs, I hate hype
by nextaccountic on Monday July 13, 2026 @08:02AM
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This will also create a regulatory issue
The US government thinks they can dictate who can access "Mythos-level" (whatever that is) LLMs. But what will happen when this can be run on consumer hardware?
I guess this will be yet another vector too attack open computing and the idea that people can a) own computers, and b) choose what software they run on their own computers
I think we can start to see the outlines of this happening with LLMs as well. Local models have gone from being proofs of concept to something that is at least remotely comparable to contemporary models, and the gap there is closing faster than SOTA models are pushing it forward. Local models still suffer from high hardware requirements, but so did early image gen models where typical consumer hardware was insufficient for efficiently running them.