This model is amazing
I just wanted a model that could tell stories without limits. I've tried other LLMs and they are extremely difficult to get unique and creative responses. Not only can this get off with a great start from practically nothing, but it is also excellent at taking guidance as it iterates through endless story and dialog. This thing is writing novels, taking simple guidance and flowing freely with intriguing and coherent stories. I have this paired up with the CSM 1b TTS model and ... Wow...
The other amazing thing is it won't fight with you on what you want it to write about. It doesn't give BS disclaimers and try to gaslight you into thinking you're going to tear down the fabric of humanity with your immoral requests for entertainment. I haven't tried previous versions of this model but I'm yet to run into anything anywhere near the freedom and flexibility this provides.
All that being said, performance is a bit confusing for me. Running on a 4090 I've only been able to get it to push around 40% clock and it's very slow to spit out tokens. Would be interested to know if there's some trick to get this thing to kick it up a notch.
All in all... very happy finding this model. Looking forward to playing around with it more and seeing what all it can do.