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User explores 'dumber' local AI to mitigate researcher cognitive decline

A user on Mastodon is exploring the idea that employing less advanced, locally run AI models could potentially counteract cognitive decline observed by some researchers. They are currently using Qwen 3.6 26B via Llama.cpp, acknowledging its inferiority to models like Claude or Gemini, but finding value in its steerability for generating insights. This approach requires more user guidance to achieve desired outcomes. AI

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 · [email protected] ·

    I wonder if using a "dumber" local AI model might help mitigate the cognitive decline some researchers are starting to observe. I am currently running Qwen 3.6

    I wonder if using a "dumber" local AI model might help mitigate the cognitive decline some researchers are starting to observe. I am currently running Qwen 3.6 26B via Llama.cpp and it's obviously not as good as Claude or Gemini. It requires some hand-holding. But that doesn't me…