I recently setup Ollama because I’m interviewing for a job that seems pretty positive on AI usage and I wanted to get some experience using it so I could actually speak about it in an upcoming interview.

Something that I’ve noticed though, is that my GPU usage is basically pinned around 100% now, even when not using the AI. I’m getting regular freezes that last anywhere from a few seconds to about a minute when just running a browser and a lightweight game like Oldschool Runescape.

I have to assume the daemon is using all my resources even when I’m not running anything that uses the AI? I ended up uninstalling, but I’m curious if anyone here has advice on setting this up to not be so detrimental to regular usage of my computer.