If you're running Laguna S 2.1 and it feels "stupid" or isn't reasoning properly, are you using quantization worse than Q8?
Summary
Explores whether using quantization lower than Q8 degrades reasoning in Laguna S 2.1, causing it to seem 'stupid'.
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