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First experience with llama3 (via ollama)

1) It keeps unnecessarily hash-tagging sentences, but listens better than mistral at removing them if I specify

2) It failed my pop culture "Arthas test":

Here's llama3:

  >>> who's arthas
  
  A great question!

  Arathos, also known as Arathas or Artaxerxes (Persian: اردشیر), was a king of the 
  Achaemenid Empire, who ruled from 465 to 424 BCE. He was the 
  son of Xerxes I and Queen Amestris.

  Arthas is best known for his military campaigns against 
  Greece during the Persian Wars. 
  In particular, he led a successful campaign against 
  Athens and Eretria in 459-449 BCE, which resulted in the 
  destruction of these cities 
  and the imposition of heavy reparations.

  However, his later years were marked by a series of 
  defeats at the hands of the Greeks, 
  including the Battle of Plataea (479 BCE) and the Battle
  of Mycale (479 BCE). This ultimately led to the decline of 
  the Achaemenid Empire and 
  its eventual defeat by Alexander the Great in 334 BCE.

  So, there you have it! Arthas, a significant figure in 
  ancient Persian history.
It thought I said "Arathos" yet says "Arthas" at the end lol. Here's mistral:

  >>> who's arthas

  Arthas Menethil is a character from the real-time strategy 
  game "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" and its expansion "The 
  Frozen Throne," developed
  by Blizzard Entertainment. He is also known as the Lich 
  King.

  Arthas was once the prince of Stratholme, in the kingdom 
  of Lordaeron, and was a promising young knight who was 
  deeply devoted to his kingdom 
  and people. However, after a series of tragic events, 
  including the loss of his mother and the corruption of his 
  mentor Uther the Lightbringer, 
  Arthas became consumed by madness and betrayal. He turned 
  against his own people and eventually became the Lich 
  King, the leader of the Scourge,
  an undead horde that plagued the land of Azeroth.
mistral seems more on-point and has more consistent outputs. but llama3 is better than mistral at following output instructions like "output the same list but dont use numbers" (mistral insists on either bullets or numbers, have to say "in naturally flowing sentences" to get it to work). This might mean llama3 is better to build with (esp. RAG), even if it's less knowledgeable.

It's not gpt-4 level that's for sure. I think mistral is still closest to gpt-4 that I've tried.




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