I think he wants to tinker, and learn more about how they work. What I neglected to mention is that he's already learned to program (developing Android apps, and he's also learned Python). He is a very bright and curious kid.
Btw, I support some Kenyan high school students and am looking at supplying a few schools with llamafile+models on flash drives for their computer science curricula.
I'm reviewing models, at the moment. Model selection will depend greatly on the hardware capabilities at each school. Phi-3 could be a good starting point.
The project is an idea at the moment. My contact in Kenya has direct access to the Principals of the schools that our supported students attend.
My thought is that the teachers would not have to do much. Many of the students already know python and could do self-learning individually or in groups.
A flash drive with llamafile+models and documentation might be all that it would take to get them started - even offline.
Bonus: Using llamafile, the same binary distribution works on MacOS, Linux, and Windows.
(replying to myself since I can't edit) In retrospect, I wonder if [the person I'm replying to] was referring to a different link in this thread, such as the rimstar one, which is pretty bad.
> That matters because fusion research, with no risk of runway chain reactions and producing vastly less radioactive waste, is being conducted under existing regulations by individual states, rather than the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40246021