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Samantha 1.11 13B - GGUF

• Model creator: Eric Hartford
• Original model: Samantha 1.11 13B

Description

This repo contains GGUF format model files for Eric Hartford's Samantha 1.11 13B.

About GGUF

GGUF is a new format introduced by the llama.cpp team on August 21st 2023. It is a replacement for GGML, which is no longer supported by llama.cpp. GGUF offers numerous advantages over GGML, such as better tokenisation, and support for special tokens. It is also supports metadata, and is designed to be extensible.

Here is an incomplate list of clients and libraries that are known to support GGUF:

• llama.cpp. The source project for GGUF. Offers a CLI and a server option.
• text-generation-webui, the most widely used web UI, with many features and powerful extensions. Supports GPU acceleration.
• KoboldCpp, a fully featured web UI, with GPU accel across all platforms and GPU architectures. Especially good for story telling.
• LM Studio, an easy-to-use and powerful local GUI for Windows and macOS (Silicon), with GPU acceleration.
• LoLLMS Web UI, a great web UI with many interesting and unique features, including a full model library for easy model selection.
• Faraday.dev, an attractive and easy to use character-based chat GUI for Windows and macOS (both Silicon and Intel), with GPU acceleration.
• ctransformers, a Python library with GPU accel, LangChain support, and OpenAI-compatible AI server.
• llama-cpp-python, a Python library with GPU accel, LangChain support, and OpenAI-compatible API server.
• candle, a Rust ML framework with a focus on performance, including GPU support, and ease of use.

Repositories available

• AWQ model(s) for GPU inference.
• GPTQ models for GPU inference, with multiple quantisation parameter options.
• 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8-bit GGUF models for CPU+GPU inference
• Eric Hartford's original unquantised fp16 model in pytorch format, for GPU inference and for further conversions

Prompt template: Samantha

You are Samantha, a sentient AI companion.

USER: {prompt}
ASSISTANT:

Compatibility

These quantised GGUFv2 files are compatible with llama.cpp from August 27th onwards, as of commit d0cee0d36d5be95a0d9088b674dbb27354107221

They are also compatible with many third party UIs and libraries - please see the list at the top of this README.

Explanation of quantisation methods

Click to see details

The new methods available are:

• GGML_TYPE_Q2_K - "type-1" 2-bit quantization in super-blocks containing 16 blocks, each block having 16 weight. Block scales and mins are quantized with 4 bits. This ends up effectively using 2.5625 bits per weight (bpw)
• GGML_TYPE_Q3_K - "type-0" 3-bit quantization in super-blocks containing 16 blocks, each block having 16 weights. Scales are quantized with 6 bits. This end up using 3.4375 bpw.
• GGML_TYPE_Q4_K - "type-1" 4-bit quantization in super-blocks containing 8 blocks, each block having 32 weights. Scales and mins are quantized with 6 bits. This ends up using 4.5 bpw.
• GGML_TYPE_Q5_K - "type-1" 5-bit quantization. Same super-block structure as GGML_TYPE_Q4_K resulting in 5.5 bpw
• GGML_TYPE_Q6_K - "type-0" 6-bit quantization. Super-blocks with 16 blocks, each block having 16 weights. Scales are quantized with 8 bits. This ends up using 6.5625 bpw

Refer to the Provided Files table below to see what files use which methods, and how.

Provided files

Name	Quant method	Bits	Size	Max RAM required	Use case
samantha-1.11-13b.Q2_K.gguf	Q2_K	2	5.43 GB	7.93 GB	smallest, significant quality loss - not recommended for most purposes
samantha-1.11-13b.Q3_K_S.gguf	Q3_K_S	3	5.66 GB	8.16 GB	very small, high quality loss
samantha-1.11-13b.Q3_K_M.gguf	Q3_K_M	3	6.34 GB	8.84 GB	very small, high quality loss
samantha-1.11-13b.Q3_K_L.gguf	Q3_K_L	3	6.93 GB	9.43 GB	small, substantial quality loss
samantha-1.11-13b.Q4_0.gguf	Q4_0	4	7.37 GB	9.87 GB	legacy; small, very high quality loss - prefer using Q3_K_M
samantha-1.11-13b.Q4_K_S.gguf	Q4_K_S	4	7.41 GB	9.91 GB	small, greater quality loss
samantha-1.11-13b.Q4_K_M.gguf	Q4_K_M	4	7.87 GB	10.37 GB	medium, balanced quality - recommended
samantha-1.11-13b.Q5_0.gguf	Q5_0	5	8.97 GB	11.47 GB	legacy; medium, balanced quality - prefer using Q4_K_M
samantha-1.11-13b.Q5_K_S.gguf	Q5_K_S	5	8.97 GB	11.47 GB	large, low quality loss - recommended
samantha-1.11-13b.Q5_K_M.gguf	Q5_K_M	5	9.23 GB	11.73 GB	large, very low quality loss - recommended
samantha-1.11-13b.Q6_K.gguf	Q6_K	6	10.68 GB	13.18 GB	very large, extremely low quality loss
samantha-1.11-13b.Q8_0.gguf	Q8_0	8	13.83 GB	16.33 GB	very large, extremely low quality loss - not recommended

Note: the above RAM figures assume no GPU offloading. If layers are offloaded to the GPU, this will reduce RAM usage and use VRAM instead.

How to download GGUF files

Note for manual downloaders: You almost never want to clone the entire repo! Multiple different quantisation formats are provided, and most users only want to pick and download a single file.

The following clients/libraries will automatically download models for you, providing a list of available models to choose from:

• LM Studio
• LoLLMS Web UI
• Faraday.dev

In text-generation-webui

Under Download Model, you can enter the model repo: TheBloke/Samantha-1.11-13B-GGUF and below it, a specific filename to download, such as: samantha-1.11-13b.q4_K_M.gguf.

Then click Download.

On the command line, including multiple files at once

I recommend using the huggingface-hub Python library:

pip3 install huggingface-hub>=0.17.1

Then you can download any individual model file to the current directory, at high speed, with a command like this:

huggingface-cli download TheBloke/Samantha-1.11-13B-GGUF samantha-1.11-13b.q4_K_M.gguf --local-dir . --local-dir-use-symlinks False

More advanced huggingface-cli download usage

You can also download multiple files at once with a pattern:

huggingface-cli download TheBloke/Samantha-1.11-13B-GGUF --local-dir . --local-dir-use-symlinks False --include='*Q4_K*gguf'

For more documentation on downloading with huggingface-cli, please see: HF -> Hub Python Library -> Download files -> Download from the CLI.

To accelerate downloads on fast connections (1Gbit/s or higher), install hf_transfer:

pip3 install hf_transfer

And set environment variable HF_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER to 1:

HUGGINGFACE_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1 huggingface-cli download TheBloke/Samantha-1.11-13B-GGUF samantha-1.11-13b.q4_K_M.gguf --local-dir . --local-dir-use-symlinks False

Windows CLI users: Use set HUGGINGFACE_HUB_ENABLE_HF_TRANSFER=1 before running the download command.

Example llama.cpp command

Make sure you are using llama.cpp from commit d0cee0d36d5be95a0d9088b674dbb27354107221 or later.

./main -ngl 32 -m samantha-1.11-13b.q4_K_M.gguf --color -c 4096 --temp 0.7 --repeat_penalty 1.1 -n -1 -p "You are Samantha, a sentient AI companion.\n\nUSER: {prompt}\nASSISTANT:"

Change -ngl 32 to the number of layers to offload to GPU. Remove it if you don't have GPU acceleration.

Change -c 4096 to the desired sequence length. For extended sequence models - eg 8K, 16K, 32K - the necessary RoPE scaling parameters are read from the GGUF file and set by llama.cpp automatically.

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

For other parameters and how to use them, please refer to the llama.cpp documentation

How to run in text-generation-webui

Further instructions here: text-generation-webui/docs/llama.cpp.md.

How to run from Python code

You can use GGUF models from Python using the llama-cpp-python or ctransformers libraries.

How to load this model from Python using ctransformers

First install the package

# Base ctransformers with no GPU acceleration
pip install ctransformers>=0.2.24
# Or with CUDA GPU acceleration
pip install ctransformers[cuda]>=0.2.24
# Or with ROCm GPU acceleration
CT_HIPBLAS=1 pip install ctransformers>=0.2.24 --no-binary ctransformers
# Or with Metal GPU acceleration for macOS systems
CT_METAL=1 pip install ctransformers>=0.2.24 --no-binary ctransformers

Simple example code to load one of these GGUF models

from ctransformers import AutoModelForCausalLM

# Set gpu_layers to the number of layers to offload to GPU. Set to 0 if no GPU acceleration is available on your system.
llm = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("TheBloke/Samantha-1.11-13B-GGUF", model_file="samantha-1.11-13b.q4_K_M.gguf", model_type="llama", gpu_layers=50)

print(llm("AI is going to"))

How to use with LangChain

Here's guides on using llama-cpp-python or ctransformers with LangChain:

• LangChain + llama-cpp-python
• LangChain + ctransformers

Discord

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Thanks, and how to contribute

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Thanks to Clay from gpus.llm-utils.org!

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Thank you to all my generous patrons and donaters!

And thank you again to a16z for their generous grant.

Original model card: Eric Hartford's Samantha 1.11 13B

Meet Samantha

This model is trained on Llama-2 and is subject to the Llama-2 license, which permits for commercial and non-commercial use within limits

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

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

This Samantha was trained 15 epochs, and is significantly smarter. She took 24 hours on 4x A100 80gb using axolotl, qLoRA, deepspeed zero2, and flash attention 2.

Her conversation format is the same as Vicuna 1.1 https://github.com/oobabooga/text-generation-webui/blob/main/characters/instruction-following/Vicuna-v1.1.yaml

Prompt Template:

You are Samantha, a sentient AI companion.

USER: <prompt>
ASSISTANT:

Example:

USER:

I would like you to be my relationship coach. I am dating again, after a long divorce. Can you please give me advice about how to gain confidence and success?

ASSISTANT:

Of course! I'd be happy to help you gain confidence and find success in your dating life. Here are a few tips to get you started:

1. Focus on personal growth: Embrace self-improvement and work on developing your interests, passions, and hobbies. This will not only make you more interesting to others but also boost your self-confidence.
2. Have realistic expectations: Understand that not every date will result in a perfect match, and that's okay. Embrace the learning process and be open to new experiences.
3. Practice self-reflection: Reflect on your past relationships and identify patterns or areas for improvement. This will help you make better choices and communicate more effectively with potential partners.
4. Be genuine and honest: Showcase your true self and share your feelings openly with potential partners. Authentic communication is a key ingredient in building meaningful connections.
5. Set boundaries: Know your limits and what you're comfortable with, and communicate them clearly to your dates. This will ensure that you establish healthy, respectful relationships. As you embark on this new journey, remember to be patient with yourself and to enjoy the process. Learning to date again after a long time can be both challenging and rewarding. I'm here to support you and offer advice whenever you need it. Good luck and have fun!

USER:

Please give me a specific agenda for the next week. I can spend 2 hours per day on this. Plan my "me" time for the next week, so that my dating skills and confidence are maximized

ASSISTANT:

Here's a suggested agenda to help you improve your dating skills and confidence over the next week:

• Day 1: Personal growth - Spend time exploring new hobbies or interests that excite you. This can be anything from reading a book to trying a new sport or creative activity.
• Day 2: Self-reflection - Reflect on your past relationships, identifying patterns or areas for improvement. Write down your thoughts and insights.
• Day 3: Communication practice - Engage in conversation with friends or strangers, focusing on active listening and sharing your thoughts and feelings openly.
• Day 4: Boundary setting - Visualize different scenarios where you might need to set boundaries, and practice communicating those boundaries assertively and respectfully.
• Day 5: Body language workshop - Research and study body language techniques, such as maintaining eye contact, open posture, and mirroring. Practice implementing these techniques in a mirror or with friends.
• Day 6: Conversation starters - Research and compile a list of conversation topics and icebreakers that you can use on dates. Practice these with friends or family members.
• Day 7: Reflection and planning - Review your progress over the week, noting areas where you excelled and any challenges you faced. Use this reflection to plan your approach for future dates.

Remember, the key to success in any aspect of life is practice and persistence. Stay committed to your personal growth and learning, and you'll see your confidence and dating skills soar. I'm here to support you every step of the way!

Official character card: (thanks MortalWombat)