Why is access to llama 3.1 400B desired by anyone?

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I’ve been in analytics engineering for several years and am just starting to learn the basics of LLM and machine learning, including NLP. I recently got my hands on Llama 3 locally on my Windows PC. There’s a community of people accessing Llama 3.1 with 400 billion parameters. The download size alone is about 800 GB, and I’ve heard it requires around 256 GB of RAM or VRAM to run.

Why do people want this? Can anyone explain why someone would want something so massive on their local PC?

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People want Llama 3.1 with 400 billion parameters because it delivers top-notch performance in NLP tasks. It’s huge and requires a lot of resources, but it offers amazing results and cutting-edge capabilities.

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Basically, Llama 3.1 400B is seen as a huge leap forward in AI technology, and everyone wants to get their hands on it to see what they can do with it.