A question about tools that let local AI control a computer
The poster says local vision language models may be smart enough to be given control of the cursor inside a secure sandbox. They ask what computer-control harnesses are available for this. The post is a question in r/LocalLLaMA.
Key points
- The post focuses on local vision language models.
- The poster wants to let an AI control the cursor.
- The proposed setup includes a secure sandbox.
- The main question is which computer-control harnesses are available.
Quick term guide
- vision language models
- AI models that can understand both images or screens and text.
- secure sandbox
- A restricted space where software can run with less risk to the rest of the system.
- computer-control harnesses
- Tools that connect an AI model to screen viewing, clicking, typing, and other computer actions.
- r/LocalLLaMA
- A Reddit community focused on running AI language models on personal hardware.
- LocalLLaMA
- A Reddit community about AI models that people can often run on their own computers.
- AI agents
- AI agents are AI tools that can carry out steps toward a goal, not just answer once.
- production-ready
- Stable enough to be used by real users in a live service.
- production
- The live version of a service that real users use.