March 30, 2026via Simon Willison
Mr. Chatterbox is a (weak) Victorian-era ethically trained model you can run on your own computer
Why it matters
This demonstrates the democratization of AI model development and deployment, showing that specialized ethical training approaches can be implemented outside of major tech companies' infrastructure.
Key signals
- Victorian-era training approach
- Local deployment capability
- Ethical training methodology
- Weak model performance
The hook
Mr. Chatterbox. A Victorian-era AI model you can run locally - showing how ethical training doesn't need Big Tech infrastructure.
Relevance score:75/100