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Beckett Dillon PRO

Severian

https://www.BeckettDillon.com

AI & ML interests

I make music, teach machines, study nature, and build things.

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Powering the Future: Be.Ta Labs’ Revolutionary 100% Solar-Powered AI Operation

Aug 18

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I'm excited to share a really cool milestone in my AI/LLM journey.

Brief backstory: Before diving into AI, I spent over a decade working in ecological fields such as the conservation corps, biodynamic farming, and natural habitat restoration. This background instilled in me a deep concern about the environmental impact of scaling AI without sustainable practices.

Driven by this concern, I've spent months planning and experimenting to make my AI work more eco-friendly. I'm thrilled to announce that I've successfully transitioned my entire operation to run on 100% sustainable solar power!

My current setup includes multiple linked Mac Pro tower desktops and custom code built from open-source libraries. While it's a bit experimental, this configuration is working great for my needs. All my LLM research, development, and client services now run exclusively on solar energy.

I'm curious if anyone else here has experimented with renewable energy for their LLM work?

For those interested in more details, I've written a brief blog post about this journey here https://medium.com/@betalabsllm/powering-the-future-be-ta-labs-revolutionary-100-solar-powered-ai-operation-444433e61d43

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GraphRAG-Ollama-UI

I've been working on a local version of Microsoft's GraphRAG that uses Ollama for everything. It's got a new interactive UI built with Gradio that makes it easier to manage data, run queries, and visualize results. It's not fully featured or set up to harness the entire GraphRAG library yet but it allows you to run all the standard commands for Indexing/Processing and chatting with your graph. Some key features:

Uses local models via Ollama for LLM and embeddings

3D graph visualization of the knowledge graph using Plotly

File management through the UI (upload, view, edit, delete)

Settings management in the interface

Real-time logging for debugging

https://github.com/severian42/GraphRAG-Ollama-UI

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