---
license: other
tags:
- llama
- alpaca
- cot
- vicuna
- uncensored
- merge
- mix
model_name: 13B BlueMethod
base_model: CalderaAI/13B-BlueMethod
inference: false
model_creator: Caldera AI
model_type: llama
prompt_template: 'Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response
  that appropriately completes the request.


  ### Instruction:

  {prompt}


  ### Response:

  '
quantized_by: TheBloke
---

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# 13B BlueMethod - AWQ
- Model creator: [Caldera AI](https://huggingface.co/CalderaAI)
- Original model: [13B BlueMethod](https://huggingface.co/CalderaAI/13B-BlueMethod)

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## Description

This repo contains AWQ model files for [CalderaAI's 13B BlueMethod](https://huggingface.co/CalderaAI/13B-BlueMethod).


### About AWQ

AWQ is an efficient, accurate and blazing-fast low-bit weight quantization method, currently supporting 4-bit quantization. Compared to GPTQ, it offers faster Transformers-based inference.

It is also now supported by continuous batching server [vLLM](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm), allowing use of AWQ models for high-throughput concurrent inference in multi-user server scenarios. Note that, at the time of writing, overall throughput is still lower than running vLLM with unquantised models, however using AWQ enables using much smaller GPUs which can lead to easier deployment and overall cost savings. For example, a 70B model can be run on 1 x 48GB GPU instead of 2 x 80GB.
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## Repositories available

* [AWQ model(s) for GPU inference.](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-AWQ)
* [GPTQ models for GPU inference, with multiple quantisation parameter options.](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-GPTQ)
* [2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8-bit GGUF models for CPU+GPU inference](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-GGUF)
* [Caldera AI's original unquantised fp16 model in pytorch format, for GPU inference and for further conversions](https://huggingface.co/CalderaAI/13B-BlueMethod)
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## Prompt template: Alpaca

```
Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
{prompt}

### Response:

```

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## Provided files and AWQ parameters

For my first release of AWQ models, I am releasing 128g models only. I will consider adding 32g as well if there is interest, and once I have done perplexity and evaluation comparisons, but at this time 32g models are still not fully tested with AutoAWQ and vLLM.

Models are released as sharded safetensors files.

| Branch | Bits | GS | AWQ Dataset | Seq Len | Size |
| ------ | ---- | -- | ----------- | ------- | ---- |
| [main](https://huggingface.co/TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-AWQ/tree/main) | 4 | 128 | [wikitext](https://huggingface.co/datasets/wikitext/viewer/wikitext-2-v1/test) | 4096 | 7.25 GB

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## Serving this model from vLLM

Documentation on installing and using vLLM [can be found here](https://vllm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).

- When using vLLM as a server, pass the `--quantization awq` parameter, for example:

```shell
python3 python -m vllm.entrypoints.api_server --model TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-AWQ --quantization awq
```

When using vLLM from Python code, pass the `quantization=awq` parameter, for example:

```python
from vllm import LLM, SamplingParams

prompts = [
    "Hello, my name is",
    "The president of the United States is",
    "The capital of France is",
    "The future of AI is",
]
sampling_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.8, top_p=0.95)

llm = LLM(model="TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-AWQ", quantization="awq")

outputs = llm.generate(prompts, sampling_params)

# Print the outputs.
for output in outputs:
    prompt = output.prompt
    generated_text = output.outputs[0].text
    print(f"Prompt: {prompt!r}, Generated text: {generated_text!r}")
```
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## How to use this AWQ model from Python code

### Install the necessary packages

Requires: [AutoAWQ](https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ) 0.0.2 or later

```shell
pip3 install autoawq
```

If you have problems installing [AutoAWQ](https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ) using the pre-built wheels, install it from source instead:

```shell
pip3 uninstall -y autoawq
git clone https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ
cd AutoAWQ
pip3 install .
```

### You can then try the following example code

```python
from awq import AutoAWQForCausalLM
from transformers import AutoTokenizer

model_name_or_path = "TheBloke/13B-BlueMethod-AWQ"

# Load model
model = AutoAWQForCausalLM.from_quantized(model_name_or_path, fuse_layers=True,
                                          trust_remote_code=True, safetensors=True)
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name_or_path, trust_remote_code=True)

prompt = "Tell me about AI"
prompt_template=f'''Below is an instruction that describes a task. Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
{prompt}

### Response:

'''

print("\n\n*** Generate:")

tokens = tokenizer(
    prompt_template,
    return_tensors='pt'
).input_ids.cuda()

# Generate output
generation_output = model.generate(
    tokens,
    do_sample=True,
    temperature=0.7,
    top_p=0.95,
    top_k=40,
    max_new_tokens=512
)

print("Output: ", tokenizer.decode(generation_output[0]))

# Inference can also be done using transformers' pipeline
from transformers import pipeline

print("*** Pipeline:")
pipe = pipeline(
    "text-generation",
    model=model,
    tokenizer=tokenizer,
    max_new_tokens=512,
    do_sample=True,
    temperature=0.7,
    top_p=0.95,
    top_k=40,
    repetition_penalty=1.1
)

print(pipe(prompt_template)[0]['generated_text'])
```
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## Compatibility

The files provided are tested to work with [AutoAWQ](https://github.com/casper-hansen/AutoAWQ), and [vLLM](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm).

[Huggingface Text Generation Inference (TGI)](https://github.com/huggingface/text-generation-inference) is not yet compatible with AWQ, but a PR is open which should bring support soon: [TGI PR #781](https://github.com/huggingface/text-generation-inference/issues/781).
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# Original model card: CalderaAI's 13B BlueMethod


## 13B-BlueMethod

## Composition:
BlueMethod is a bit of a convoluted experiment in tiered merging.
Furthering the experimental nature of the merge, the models combined
were done so with a custom script that randomized the percent of each
layer merged from one model to the next. This is a warmup for a larger
project.
[Tier One and Two Merges not released; internal naming convention]

Tier One Merges:

13B-Metharme+13B-Nous-Hermes=13B-Methermes

13B-Vicuna-cocktail+13B-Manticore=13B-Vicortia

13B-HyperMantis+13B-Alpacino=13B-PsychoMantis

Tier Two Merges:

13B-Methermes+13B-Vicortia=13B-Methphistopheles

13B-PsychoMantis+13B-BlueMoonRP=13B-BlueMantis

Tier Three Merge:

13B-Methphistopheles+13B-BlueMantis=13B-BlueMethod

## Use:
Multiple instruct models and model composites were combined to make the final resulting model;
This model is highly open to experimental prompting, both Alpaca and Vicuna instruct can be used.
It can have interesting results.

## Language Models and LoRAs Used Credits:

13B-Metharme by PygmalionAI

https://www.huggingface.co/PygmalionAI/metharme-13b

13B-Nous-Hermes by NousResearch

https://www.huggingface.co/NousResearch/Nous-Hermes-13b

13B-Vicuna-cocktail by reeducator

https://www.huggingface.co/reeducator/vicuna-13b-cocktail

13B-Manticore by openaccess-ai-collective

https://www.huggingface.co/openaccess-ai-collective/manticore-13b

13B-HyperMantis and 13B-Alpacino by Digitous

https://huggingface.co/digitous/13B-HyperMantis
https://huggingface.co/digitous/Alpacino13b

Also thanks to Meta for LLaMA.

Each model and LoRA was hand picked and considered for what it could contribute to this ensemble.
Thanks to each and every one of you for your incredible work developing some of the best things
to come out of this community.