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Survival LLM: an AI that still works when the internet doesn't

brangus.io, Technology

A concrete, developer-written introduction to an offline survival AI with useful own measurements, though its accuracy test is small and unverified.

What it adds

A product announcement that adds concrete developer-measured details: a small blind accuracy test, download sizes, and laptop power and battery budgets for offline use.

Claim by claim

• 6 the author's own
• 1 an AI would say
• 1 known elsewhere
• 5 common knowledge

Its strongest original claims

• The library includes medical references, FEMA and CDC guidance, survival manuals and about 930,000 Wikipedia articles.
• In the developers' blind test of 22 blackout and first-aid questions, large models got 21 of 22 right while IBM Granite 8B got 14 of 22.
• The full library is a 9 GB download (19 GB installed); the smaller one is 1.3 GB.
• Setup takes 20 minutes to about 2.5 hours, with about 5 minutes of clicking.
• On a MacBook Pro it draws about 100 W while answering, 5 to 40 seconds per question, so a full battery answers roughly 100 to 300 questions.

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