Indie trainer gnukeith bets on sub-9B models: a 2B model can likely do 75% of your tasks
gnukeith · x · 2026-11-11
Indie model trainer gnukeith says he bought multiple Framework machines mostly for research: he is training several models, with one finishing by end of December and more planned next year across cyber, safety, alignment, and agentic directions.
He proposes exploring "intelligence per task" rather than overall intelligence: can a 2B model do 75% of your tasks? He believes the sub-9B market has crazy potential if the right data tooling wraps around it — models start out dumb but can eventually far exceed 70B models.
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