Just before the pandemic I’d snagged what seemed (it wasn’t) like my dream job in London. I applied for my visa, packed my bags and had a plan to relocate in early 2020.  In January 2020 a pandemic was declared and the world’s borders swiftly closed.
I mention this, as some part of my independent consulting origin story came down to luck. Sure, I wasn’t a passive observer, but it’d be a lie to claim I’d enacted some intricately crafted master plan to get where I am now.
As a statistician, I’m also aware that I’m subject to survivorship bias. The physically fit are more likely to become and remain fitness instructors. Successful traders are more likely to have strong investment performance. And I am a successful consultant as I’d have already found another job if I wasn’t.
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Summary: in this post I demonstrate how you can interact with locally hosted LLM models in R using the ellmer package and LM Studio.
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