This is an issue with any sort of animal rearing. They will avoid a less tasty option if they think something better is available. This can lead to malnutrition and related issues.
The store didn't have my dog's usual food one day, but he needed to eat so I grabbed some cheaper stuff that wasn't as healthy. The problem is that it is sweeter and tastes better to dogs than the healthy food, so giving that to my dog risked him avoiding his usual food in the future. I went to a different store the next day to get his regular brand. I basically bought an entire bag (small, at least) of dog food and only used 1 day's worth and threw the rest out.
Your PC running an LLM is likely gonna hit its TDP limits
Debatable for a 4GB model, depending on the hardware. It's also (most likely) not constantly running, so while yes, it will use more power than not having it, whether or not it is a significant change in the long run depends on many factors.
I'm not sure if I understand you, it sounds like you think running a small llm locally on your computer will suddenly make it use like 10x more power. That's not how it works. It's the servers used to run the full sized models that use that much power, as each one has tens of thousands of processors running at once. And local llms do have usage, especially for accessability. I use a local llm for my home assistant instance so I can use voice commands, which is very helpful as a disabled person.
It's strange to me to call out the climate costs, especially since this would have far less climate impact than having to call to google's servers to use the full sized models. LLMs aren't magically worse for the environment, its the hardware they run on for the full sized models that is incredibly power hungry. A 4 GB LLM would probably use less power than a modern video game on a person's computer, and run for less time.
When my dog sees another dog in a window on a walk, without fail he will loiter and try to ragebait the other dog. As we were walking recently, he saw his own reflection in a window. He stopped, looked, and kept walking. I can only assume he recognized himself. Little guy has cataracts! How did he do that?
Gotcha, that would take a bit more set up. I use the vpn tunnelling service tailscale, it lets you pipe your internet through your home server, then you can redirect it to your services. If you wanted to go for the whole shebang, you could run other webserivces as well, like adblock and file syncing.
it responds to specific phrases (like "turn off the lights of the bathroom") well but it will not understand variants of the same phrase (turn on the lights that are on the bathroom)
This is true (if not using an llm fallback), but its sentence matching algorithm is pretty powerful, so if you find youself saying things in a way that its not catching out of the box, there is a good chance you can write a rule to catch it yourself
Home assistant is heavy (due to being a whole iot control hub) but it can be run offline completely, it just needs its own hardware. I understand that hardware is hard to come by now, but if you were able to get your hands on an old computer, it's very effective.
I use home assistant, and its probably the best you're going to find. Its sentence matching is really powerful, so you probably wont need an LLM. There are also some add-on you can use that are helpful: ViewAssist makes setting up satillites with helpful view easy, and it comes with blueprints (templates for automation) for a bunch of stuff. You can turn an old android device into a satillite with the ViewAssist Companion App. Of course there will need to be some work to set up, but I've been using HA for years and it works really well for me.
I have a question: Don't get me wrong, I have no issues with killing millionaires or people who want to harm animals, but I have always heard that this big game hunting was used to get rid of older, aggressive males and provide funding for conservation. Is this true or just some bullshit lib nonsense?
This is an issue with any sort of animal rearing. They will avoid a less tasty option if they think something better is available. This can lead to malnutrition and related issues.
The store didn't have my dog's usual food one day, but he needed to eat so I grabbed some cheaper stuff that wasn't as healthy. The problem is that it is sweeter and tastes better to dogs than the healthy food, so giving that to my dog risked him avoiding his usual food in the future. I went to a different store the next day to get his regular brand. I basically bought an entire bag (small, at least) of dog food and only used 1 day's worth and threw the rest out.