> We need to feel superior, or at least we need the possibility of being superior. As far as I know, Jimmy Hendrix never got depressed due to an inability to m

> We need to feel superior, or at least we need the possibility of being superior. As far as I know, Jimmy Hendrix never got depressed due to an inability to make those distorted guitar effects using only his mouth. These large language models are instruments. While I'm uneasy about camping out feeding data to a prompt controlled by a company I know nearly nothing about, I'm certainly excited by the prospect of playing with a decent local, low-octane open source version. To not play with these things out of a feeling of inferiority seems like the height of vanity to me. Either that, or a signal that someone didn't get a decent liberal arts education.