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Fishtiks 
posted an update 25 days ago
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I want to process AI for free. I know about Hyra AI, Acurast, NATIX, and some other stuff you can do on your phone. I mean that I want to process toward your projects for free on my computer. I can do a little now, but I can do much more if I'm able to upgrade (nobody is telling me where they're getting H100s, but I may be able to get custom cards from the source). I was curious if any distributed processing is being done with PC and HPC, like BOINC and Folding@home, but specifically for AI, and I figured this is the place to ask.

What projects can you recommend to put my CPU and GPU to use until I potentially get a dual CPU, dual to triple custom GPU, custom NPU, and mini-OPU setup, like Jean Zay, but smaller? I don't have that many resources to put to use currently, but I have more than the Androids I'm using for my Aiyara cluster for BOINC, so help me use the gaming PC for something more useful than gaming. I had somewhat promised that I'd offer the new setup to process for others, but I'm starting before I may even get it.
JLouisBiz

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=h100+nvidia&crid=3EUK7S9CQU2AT&sprefix=h100+nvi%2Caps%2C709&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

You can buy it on Amazon.

You are a beginner then you shouldn't be investing that much into the artificial intelligence.

Seems that your purpose is solo learning, which is great. So I just recommend that you continue installing very good applications and choosing among them and you will see the new ideas and results are just popping out at certain time when you put your knowledge to the culminating point.

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Fishtiks

I may soon have the hardware (RTX Pro 6000 or similar and perhaps some low-power or high-efficiency training/inference, for GPUs) and have capable hardware that largely sits around to process toward others' primarily scientific endeavors at the moment, to run it at night to lower the cooling costs. I just don't want it to go to much waste, as I can just run inference online or locally for some existing things on my existing hardware, which would be more efficient without a small HPC. I'm not investing, but hoping to have an HPC given for my previous efforts to process for other people. I'll update my stats when I get an upgrade. I don't hope to pay any more toward it, though. It should be in the works.

karenny
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edited 17 days ago

It’s awesome that you’re looking to put your PC and GPU to good use for AI processing! There are definitely some cool distributed computing projects for AI. One option to consider is Folding@home, which you’ve probably heard of, but they’re more focused on biological simulations. For AI-specific projects, you could check out OpenAI's GPT models, which are always in development and sometimes open for research and collaboration. There are also some blockchain-related projects that focus on decentralized AI computation, but they’re still a bit niche.

Also, since you're using your Androids in a cluster for BOINC, you might want to look into distributed AI platforms like Life360 https://life360.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html, which has an emphasis on leveraging mobile and personal devices for a variety of tasks — not directly AI, but it could get you thinking about ways to integrate personal computing for AI-driven projects. It’s a good way to start learning and contributing while you build up your custom setup!

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Fishtiks

I'm always doing BOINC, and Folding@home runs at night, because it produces a lot of heat. So, I'm hoping that I'll be compensated for past efforts with an HPC that runs cool with phase change and liquid to continue to process science, which is a real possibility. As it is, I still have some hours and devices to find use for, but, like Aurora in Argonne, my HPC will process any science for free, which I find an admirable use of any such hardware, which is why I like Aiyara clusters so much as well. I need to find intensive tasks to process. Currently, I do about 3,000 hours a week of BOINC, given all of my Androids. I'd love to see an HPC run through those tasks in an hour.

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