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Guide: Uncensored AI models for Mac with Apple Silicon

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A guide for running uncensored AI models locally on Mac computers with Apple Silicon focuses on matching model file sizes to available unified memory. The article explains terms like 'Abliterated' and 'Heretic' which denote models with reduced refusal behaviors. It provides a breakdown of which models fit into Macs with 16GB, 24GB, 32GB, and 48GB+ of memory, noting that image and video models also have specific memory requirements. AI

IMPACT Enables users to run specific uncensored AI models on their personal Macs by matching model size to hardware memory.

RANK_REASON Article provides a guide on using specific AI models with particular hardware, focusing on software compatibility and memory constraints.

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Guide: Uncensored AI models for Mac with Apple Silicon

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · David ·

    Uncensored AI on a Mac: which local models fit which memory size

    <p>"Uncensored AI on a Mac" is two questions in one. Which models answer without refusing, and which of them fit into the memory your Mac has. The second question decides more than the first, so this post takes them in that order of usefulness: what the word means, what fits wher…

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