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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Interest in building an LLM frontend for KDE
From:       Felix Ernst <felixernst () zohomail ! eu>
Date:       2023-12-01 12:09:00
Message-ID: 18c25474b8c.c5ecf92e43342.772554137078024502 () zohomail ! eu
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+1 to what Ethan B. said i.e.:

 > I am anti-LLM on the grounds that the training sets were created without \
the original authors' consent. I see no issue with a libre/ethical LLM, if \
there is one, though. If a developer or team of developers wants to \
implement a Qt and KDE-integrated LLM app, I have no problem with that, but \
I believe KDE as an organization should probably steer clear of such a \
thorny subject. It's sure to upset a lot of users no matter what position \
is taken. On the other hand, for those people who do make use of AI tools, \
a native interface would be nice, especially one as feature-ful as you're \
describing...

> > Should we limit support to open models like Llama 2 or would we be OK \
> > with adding API support for proprietary models like GPT-4?

As Andre said, there is not much reason to discuss this if it can be \
implemented "generalized and backend agnostic". Aside from that, I want us \
to be aware though that if we are steering users towards using LLMs created \
by known bad actors (which all big LLM companies currently seem to be), we \
give those bad actors power to manipulate and lie to users, which \
undoubtedly will happen more and more if LLMs manage to establish \
themselves as a middleman between users and the more valuable training \
data. However, if the frontend you want to start allows users to choose a \
LLM to work with, and we can even recommend users one LLM over the other \
there, then this shouldn't be a problem.

> > Should we be joining the mainstream push to put AI into everything or \
> > should we stand apart and let Microsoft have its fun focusing on AI \
> > instead of potentially more useful features?

I personally wouldn't want to spend my time on what you are planning to do. \
I don't think there is much to gain there. At the end of the day, everyone \
can decide this for themselves though.

Cheers,
Felix


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