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AI Flow struggles with local setups, users report slow performance

A user is encountering performance issues when attempting to run AI Flow locally, particularly with a large token load. The user notes that their older machine struggles with the demands of AI Flow, leading to slow or non-functional results when using LM Studio as a backend. While LM Studio provides some functionality, the setup is proving to be significantly slower than anticipated, with a simple test taking an extended period to complete. AI

IMPACT Local AI development tools may require significant hardware resources and optimization for efficient operation.

RANK_REASON User reports on issues with a specific software tool, not a frontier release or significant industry event.

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AI Flow struggles with local setups, users report slow performance

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · kd8bxp ·

    I'm not real sure what is going on the back-end - but it seems like AI Flow wants to load 32K of tokens up with each request - and the machine I'm using doesn't

    I'm not real sure what is going on the back-end - but it seems like AI Flow wants to load 32K of tokens up with each request - and the machine I'm using doesn't like that (maybe) - of course it's an older machine, it really shouldn't be able to run any model - but if I just use L…

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · kd8bxp ·

    I'm attempting to use AI Flow from M5Stack locally with LM Studio on the back end - the original machine I wanted to use didn't have the right instruction set a

    I'm attempting to use AI Flow from M5Stack locally with LM Studio on the back end - the original machine I wanted to use didn't have the right instruction set and refused to load any models - so I move to a more up to date machine - I knew it was never going to break any speed re…