Greetings Fellow Pioneers of the Fediverse!

Are you a digital nomad who has recently migrated from another platform? Or perhaps a curious explorer who’s caught wind of Lemmy’s potential? Have you just begun your journey into the vast and promising landscape of decentralization?

For those still navigating the complexities of our brave new decentralized platform, I highly recommend watching this video. It does a good job encapsulating some of the immense potential and foundational principles of The Fediverse.

Once you’re up to speed, it’s time to delve deeper w/ FOSAI or FOSAI ▲ XYZ.

Are you experiencing FOMO around emerging technologies? Maybe you’re a hobbyist, researcher, or developer passionate about free and open-source projects?

If any of these resonate with you, congratulations! You’ve landed in the perfect hub for everything related to free and open-source artificial intelligence - a.k.a. FOSAI - a new, sub-movement of FOSS for AI-particular tech stacks and software implementation strategies/platforms.

At FOSAI, my aim is to keep you informed on the latest, most significant advancements in the rapidly evolving landscape of AI/LLM/Diffusion technologies. This endeavor is fueled by my genuine passion and hope for technology, not by clickbait, sensationalism, or social media rage-bait and disinformation campaigns this technology typically gets a bad rap for.

At the end of the day - I don’t care how many (or how little) people are following the movement so long as the information I share is valued, true, and used to support a goal that will better your life (and others).

To know more about me and what drives this community, please check out my welcome message here

Eager to dive into the world of AI today? I recommend visiting my resource-packed FOSAI Nexus Post or getting acquainted with my Lemmy Crash Course to Free Open-Source AI.

Embracing the philosophy of FOSS, we envision a future where empowerment, creativity, and ethics intertwine seamlessly with technology. Where the human experience is enhanced by innovation, not detracted by it. We believe in a future that lets you experiment with AI in any of its stages easily and accessibly - no matter the cost.

Here, we believe in a future where anyone can work with democratized super intelligent software and platforms that are not controlled by a select few, but by a majority of many. Where you own your data, your technology, what you do with it (and everything between). A future where you are not monitored for every action. Where your data is not being sold to the highest bidder.

A future that is free, a future that is open. A future that is as bright as we make it out to be without compromising the truth of our reality and the direction of our species.

My hope with this community is to foster patience, optimism, and trust in one another. I want to collect and share truths, processes, information, and workflows that educate and enhance our lives, fostering personal growth, development, and change. Real change. Tangible change. Not just the change you have been dreaming for, but the change you deserve.

When posting here, all I ask of you is to Know Thyself, be prepared to engage with dialogue that is intellectually empathetic, and to share/document processes and knowledge that is empowering to others, no matter their walk of life, experience or technical prowess.

I ask you to know our community. Know the impact of the words you share in earnest and to trust in one another that the empathy in which you seek to support is already there.

If any of this resonates with you, aligns with your thoughts or values, or is interesting in general - please consider subscribing to /c/FOSAI [email protected]

Resources

What is FOSAI?

Fediverse / FOSAI

LLM Leaderboards

LLM Search Tools

LLM Eval & Benchmark Resources

Documentation Theory

Other Tools & Resources

Update #1 [7/29/23]: I have officially converted this resource into a website! Bookmark and visit https://www.fosai.xyz/ for more insights and information!

  • @MigratingtoLemmyEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    Thank you mod. That was a wonderful post.

    I am horrible at building anything related to AI: I could never grasp the intricacies of programming AI solutions and work with them. I’m OK with using them for my job, but that’s as far as I want it to go. But I’m happy that there are people who care about the intersection of FOSS and AI, because I realise just how important this juncture is. Kudos to this community and your work, and to anyone else who is involved. I thank everyone who makes AI easier to use and understand for plebs like me who don’t have a single idea of what is going on under the hood (speaking truthfully, I’m very scared of what AI can do).

    Thanks

    • @BlaedOPMEnglish
      5•1 year ago

      Thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate your comment, and I could not agree more. I believe the junction of FOSS and AI will be integral to a future we are starting to see emerge. I started this community because I feel this is important. It means a lot to me others feel the same, you included.

      And hey - you should give yourself more credit. I want you (and everyone else reading this now) to know I started my career in technology as a gamer. Nothing more, nothing less. I could not afford access to a higher education, so my first jobs were in fast food, retail, and warehouses. It took a few opportunities before getting a foot in the door, but I did that through teaching myself anything I found interesting through online youtube tutorials, random forums, video game analogies, and building PCs with friends and family. If I can do it, I know you can too! Progress is non-linear. Have hope for yourself.

      AI is going to accelerate us to a future where anyone can learn just as much as I have in half the time (if not less). I encourage you to lift yourself up and get excited! A whole new world of groundbreaking tools and applications will be available to you to develop yourself in all kinds of ways imaginable.

      Whatever it is you’re looking for, I hope you find it! Let me know if I can ever improve in how I help you seek it with FOSAI.

      • @MigratingtoLemmyEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        I wrote a really long reply but for some reason it didn’t post. Annoying, but at least it’s not Reddit.

        Thanks for your comment. I applaud what you have become, and am sorry for your struggle. Do you plan to head into higher education at some point?

        My problem in trying to understand Machine Learning was not being able to pick up the maths behind it. At this point, I’m too overwhelmed (and scared) to try and learn it at all, all of the statistics and probability is beyond me. I’m just a simple system admin, us old hands (well, I’m not that old) can just stare at the terminal and bring up infrastructure and do routine maintenance. Machine Learning is for the more brilliant people like you haha, I just try customer-facing tools these days (AWS has a nice catalogue of AI services, my colleagues said it works OK). Definitely need more people like you around, somebody has to tell me about the security threats I should expect so I can deal with it (I hear AI is booming in Cybersecurity, and the latter is a domain I’m very interested in).

        With the zeal you seem to have, I have no doubt you will do fantastic in whatever holds your passion. I wish you the very best, kind stranger.

        Cheers!

        • @BlaedOPMEnglish
          2•1 year ago

          I honestly don’t think I am anything special, just another human passionate about technology, but I do appreciate everything you have said.

          If I ever have the time and resources, I’d absolutely go back to school. I can’t now, but maybe eventually. I’m hopeful. For now, like you - I build infrastructure. I think AI will echo across just about every sector of technology. Cybersecurity most definitely. It will be very interesting to see how these fields evolve over time.

          Like any topic, a willingness to learn is all you need! I appreciate you subscribing and sharing your energy. Buckle up, it’s going to be a wild ride!