Introduction to the first real Cyberdeck
The Cyberdeck - AI Knoweldge System
Until here Cyberdecks are in reality small hobby projects for funny looking little hand held DIY computers usually based on a RaspberryPi.
They were outperformed by even cheap refurbished Laptops and had no real use case.
Then I needed, finding myself inbetween jobs until reaching legal retirement age, an occupation right when LLM AI models were released to
the Open Source community. While others started to build pipelines to the large online models, open source uses cases for the reasoning
models being suitable for data analytics are still rare as much as real Cyberdecks.
Cyberdecks are part of the dystopian Sci-Fi world and portable super computers used by Deckers that enter the Matrix on their Shadowrun
called adventures.
The closest to that is a high-end laptop or a Beowulf Cluster. Beowulf Clusters are supercomputers based on standard hardware like
standard office computers and LAN hubs. Using MPICH and Linux operating systems on each node called part of the network that forms
the Beowulf Cluster the CPUs of the Computer Cluster can share workload comparebale to multi-core processors that were develped
later than the MPICH communication libraries used to create these supercomputer clusters.
This being said, do they in general need software developed to take advantage of parallel processing which is the dedicated use case
of large Beowulf Clusters in usually Universities and research labs, but some parts of Linux are able to use an installed MPICH layer
such as ffmpeg which is used to turn music projects or wav files into mp3. This means that for some uses cases a set of refurbished
office computers is both cheaper, faster and more efficient than a gaming PC especially if the style to work is changed to parallel
use of computers. While on a fast, but expensive PC, two or several hardware intensive applications can run and become very slow on
on older less powerful models, they can run well on two computers linked in a LAN. Depending on the software and which operating system
libraries they use, the CPU load will be shared on heavy tasks having set up the MPICH Beowulf layer.
Cyberdecks are also AI systems that help the Dystopian Hacker, the Decker, to enter into bad corporate world computer systems to steal
data or fight for freedom.
The next step is obvious. A lot of time, little money, a childish drive for a home build supercomputer and AI reasoning models out for
download:
The Cyberdeck Nexus AI Knowledge System.
From here this website is about an Ollama model use case based on low cost hardware within a LAN assembling a Beowulf Cluster. Next to the
Beowulf Cluster created using MPICH architecture, a Python 3.10+ environment is set and appropriate to the RAM Ollama models are installed
to create a practical Cyberdeck.
By getting deeper into the Ollama tool and LLM AI capabilities the Cyberdeck became a Knowledge System utilizing AI models in different
ways at the same time. The first way is to talk about data. That part is the Obsidian-Deck which is a set of Python scripts next to
Obsidian, an advanced Linux note software, being a Knowledgebase system in a Terminal session.
This way I can sort by Keywords my DeepSeek Chats and reason with a local AI about it.
The other part is a local AI RAGed with dedicated content such as the DeepSeek chats, a wiki dump file content, Open Library books and
web site content.
This is what the Obsidian-Deck AI says going through the notes about the Cyberdeck:
You: What is a Cyberdeck based on this clusters information?
Assistant: Based on the cluster context, a Cyberdeck refers to a local AI system inspired by Shadowrun's Cyberdeck concept for managing
a Beowulf cluster of four computers. The goal is to design a system that can handle errors and chat limits, and provide Python scripts as
close to ready-to-use as possible.
The Cyberdeck project involves creating a white paper outlining the system's architecture, hardware and software requirements, functional
specifications, non-functional specifications, data structures, algorithms, user interface specifications, error handling, testing plan,
and security considerations. The aim is to create a structured document that will help in generating Python scripts with minimal errors.
In this context, a Cyberdeck is a local AI system that operates on a Beowulf cluster, allowing users to manage their computers and interact
with the system through a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI). The Cyberdeck project focuses on designing and
developing this system using Python scripting and other technologies.
You: What role does Obsidian play in this system?
Assistant: Based on the cluster context, I can provide some insights.
**What is a Cyberdeck?**
According to the notes, a Cyberdeck is a local AI project inspired by Shadowrun's concept. It aims to manage a Beowulf cluster of four
computers and handle errors while keeping chat limits. The goal is to design a system that provides Python scripts as close to ready-to-use
as possible.
**What role does Obsidian play in this system?**
Obsidian seems to be a key component in this project, serving as a note-taking tool for organizing and structuring information. It appears
that the user has installed Obsidian on their L420 Linux Mint machine, which is part of the Beowulf cluster. The notes suggest using Obsidian
to create templates for chats, track knowledge management, and possibly even generate white papers or documentation.
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
You: