Observed arrival · 2026-10-24
The Small Honesty Project puts a local AI through its answers
A citizen-research project tests how honestly an offline AI model answers questions on a laptop.
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- People testing local AI models on laptops
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- The archived Ollama build is identified by digest, and the project logs power and heat every five seconds.
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The record names the tested Ollama build, including its digest, and says it was archived so the same build can be run again. The project compares the 26B model with a 12B control on a 24 GB M4 MacBook Air, measuring speed, energy, memory, and answers to questions without known answers. Its page describes the next control run as planned, not completed.
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