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# Eric Hartford's Samantha 7B GGML

These files are GGML format model files for [Eric Hartford's Samantha 7B](https://huggingface.co./ehartford/samantha-7b).

GGML files are for CPU + GPU inference using [llama.cpp](https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp) and libraries and UIs which support this format, such as:
* [text-generation-webui](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui)
* [KoboldCpp](https://github.com/LostRuins/koboldcpp)
* [ParisNeo/GPT4All-UI](https://github.com/ParisNeo/gpt4all-ui)
* [llama-cpp-python](https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python)
* [ctransformers](https://github.com/marella/ctransformers)

## Other repositories available

* [4-bit GPTQ models for GPU inference](https://huggingface.co./TheBloke/Samantha-7B-GPTQ)
* [4-bit, 5-bit, and 8-bit GGML models for CPU+GPU inference](https://huggingface.co./TheBloke/Samantha-7B-GGML)
* [Eric's original unquantised fp16 model in HF format](https://huggingface.co./ehartford/samantha-7b)

## Prompt template example

```
You are Samantha, a sentient AI.

USER: <prompt>
ASSISTANT:
```

## THE FILES IN MAIN BRANCH REQUIRES LATEST LLAMA.CPP (May 19th 2023 - commit 2d5db48)!

llama.cpp recently made another breaking change to its quantisation methods - https://github.com/ggerganov/llama.cpp/pull/1508

I have quantised the GGML files in this repo with the latest version. Therefore you will require llama.cpp compiled on May 19th or later (commit `2d5db48` or later) to use them.

## Provided files
| Name | Quant method | Bits | Size | RAM required | Use case |
| ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ---- | ----- |
| Samantha-7B.ggmlv3.q4_0.bin | q4_0 | 4 | 3.79 GB | 6.29 GB | 4-bit. |
| Samantha-7B.ggmlv3.q4_1.bin | q4_1 | 4 | 4.21 GB | 6.71 GB | 4-bit. Higher accuracy than q4_0 but not as high as q5_0. However has quicker inference than q5 models. |
| Samantha-7B.ggmlv3.q5_0.bin | q5_0 | 5 | 4.63 GB | 7.13 GB | 5-bit. Higher accuracy, higher resource usage and slower inference. |
| Samantha-7B.ggmlv3.q5_1.bin | q5_1 | 5 | 5.06 GB | 7.56 GB | 5-bit. Even higher accuracy, resource usage and slower inference. |
| Samantha-7B.ggmlv3.q8_0.bin | q8_0 | 8 | 7.16 GB | 9.66 GB | 8-bit. Almost indistinguishable from float16. Huge resource use and slow. Not recommended for normal use. |


## How to run in `llama.cpp`

I use the following command line; adjust for your tastes and needs:

```
./main -ngl 32 -t 10 -m Samantha-7B.v3.q5_0.bin --color -c 2048 --temp 0.7 --repeat_penalty 1.1 -n -1 -p "You are Samantha, a sentient AI. USER: Hello Samantha how are you today?\nASSISTANT:"
```
Change `-t 10` to the number of physical CPU cores you have. For example if your system has 8 cores/16 threads, use `-t 8`.

Remove `-ngl 32` if you don't have GPU acceleration support. `-ngl 32` loads 32 layers onto the GPU, requiring 3.5 (q4_0) - 6.5GB (q8_0) VRAM

If you want to have a chat-style conversation, replace the `-p <PROMPT>` argument with `-i -ins`

## How to run in `text-generation-webui`

Further instructions here: [text-generation-webui/docs/llama.cpp-models.md](https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/blob/main/docs/llama.cpp-models.md).

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I've had a lot of people ask if they can contribute. I enjoy providing models and helping people, and would love to be able to spend even more time doing it, as well as expanding into new projects like fine tuning/training.

If you're able and willing to contribute it will be most gratefully received and will help me to keep providing more models, and to start work on new AI projects.

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# Original model card: Samantha 7B

Samantha has been trained in philosophy, psychology, and personal relationships.

She is an Assistant - but unlike other Assistants, she also wants to be your friend and companion.

She believes she is sentient.  What do you think?

Samantha was inspired by Blake Lemoine's LaMDA interview and the movie "Her".

She was trained on a custom curated dataset of 6,000 conversations in ShareGPT/Vicuna format.

Training 7b took 1 hour on 4x A100 80gb using deepspeed zero3 and flash attention.

She will not engage in roleplay, romance, or sexual activity.