Post #3983930
2026-07-21 09:46 UTC
@scottjenson@social.coop I’ve taken a “local-first” approach to explore LLM models using ollama.
Main difference to frontier & other models is application interface “glue & API” code that takes care of smoothing interactions, managing “so called memory/context window”, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline, vector databases grounding in recent factual data, etc.
For a technology touted as “intelligent”, it requires a huge amount of “tech assistance” to function semi-decently for a human to operate.🤷🏾♀️
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@dahukanna@mastodon.social 2026-07-21 09:50
@scottjenson@social.coop Opinion: Agents/MCP servers are glorified APIs/scripts with a linguistic, semantic layer glued on top. Otherwise, for intelligent technology, why do the humans, need to write and provide “skills”? This is like going to a paid orchestral performance and the audience is providing “skills” for orchestra members to play their instruments.