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+# dolly-v2-7b: sharded checkpoint 
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+This is a sharded checkpoint (with ~2GB shards) of the `databricks/dolly-v2-7b` model. Refer to the [original model](https://huggingface.co/databricks/dolly-v2-7b) for all details.
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+## Basic Usage
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+install `transformers`, `accelerate`, and `bitsandbytes`.
+
+```bash
+pip install -U -q transformers bitsandbytes accelerate
+```
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+Load the model in 8bit, then [run inference](https://huggingface.co/docs/transformers/generation_strategies#contrastive-search):
+
+```python
+from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForCausalLM
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+model_name = "ethzanalytics/dolly-v2-7b-sharded"
+tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_name)
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+model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(model_name, load_in_8bit=True)
+```