I recently sought an efficient method for local experimentation with Language Model (LM) models and came across LM Studio. LM Studio offers a user-friendly platform that facilitates the exploration of various LLM models through its graphical user interface (UI).
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The installation process for LM Studio on macOS is straightforward and user-friendly. Simply navigate to the LM Studio website and locate the download button. Upon clicking it, the installation package will be downloaded to your Mac.
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Just drag the app to your applications folder.
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Go to the app folder and double click LM Studio first screen that comes up is the LM Studio home screen.
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Search the model you want to play with and download it.
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Click on Chat icon on the left and then select a mode to load and select the downloaded model to test.
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Now you can ask question to model using user chat. Once done and want to test another model. Simply download a new model and select the downloaded model.
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Just play with this tool there is lot more to learn.