I have been experimenting a lot with Ollama and other artificial intelligence tools and the anwers to my prompts always are rendered in Markdown. I have Marktext on my Linux computer and MacDown on my MacBook Air so I can easily copy and paste the output into either of those editors and save it as … Read more
In today’s digital age, writers seek tools that enhance their craft and provide real-time feedback and assistance. Enter Ollama – an open-source machine learning system designed to democratize accessibility for natural language processing tasks across a wide range of languages and scripts with ease. Coupled with the Phi3 model, this powerful duo promises unparalleled benefits … Read more
In my previous article, I discussed using Ollama and the Llama3.1 model to assess my writing. Since I’m new to teaching writing, I was curious to see if Ollama could generate an evaluation rubric for grading student writing and then use that rubric to evaluate a sample of student writing. I am going to assume … Read more
Last year, a colleague shared with me how he used ChatGPT to evaluate content generated by his students at a local university. I was intrigued by the idea but also concerned about the ethical issues surrounding using publicly available LLMs to read student writing without their consent. This led me to look for locally hosted … Read more
Recently, a friend suggested that I use Ollama to provide useful information on a topic like cooking. I used my experiences customizing a model file and the latest iteration of Llama3.1 to accomplish that goal. I will assume that you already have Ollama installed on your computer, but if not, here’s a quick way to … Read more
There is always something to learn, and YouTube is my favorite university. Today, I learned how to create a custom model file, and if you haven’t tried it, I encourage you to do so. The first thing you will need to do is to download and install Ollama. You can do that easily by entering … Read more
Continuing my exploration of using a locally hosted Ollama on my Linux desktop computer, I have been doing a lot of reading and research. Today, while having lunch with a university professor, he asked me some questions I didn’t have an immediate answer to. So, I went back to my research to find the answers. … Read more
Would a savant who has read all the books in a specific library, whether in college or even the Library of Congress, be able to create original works without facing criticism for using knowledge gained from the works of others? That’s a question I pose to you, the readers of this blog. Your understanding of … Read more
Years ago, I watched a TED talk by Larry Lessig about laws that stifle creativity. He made several excellent points in his speech, and it got me thinking about whether we are reaching a critical point in terms of laws regulating the use of generative AI. Recently, I listened to a podcast where the host … Read more
Now that I’m working with Ollama, I needed to figure out how to locate the models on my storage medium and determine the amount of space they were occupying. This is especially important for the MacBook Air, which has a 256 GB drive that is already half full. My Linux computer, on the other hand, … Read more
