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Agent this, coding that, but all I want is a KNOWLEDGEABLE model! Where are those?

Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 3/20/2026

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Key Points

  • The author recalls that the appeal of LLMs was obtaining context-specific knowledge with low signal-to-noise, avoiding the noise of search engines.
  • They worry that making models as agentic as possible, especially with limited parameters, could degrade performance on other tasks.
  • They ask whether there are labs focusing on training a simple, knowledge-dense offline model, an omniscient Wikipedia-like alternative.
  • The post frames a quest for a knowledge-rich offline model as a potential counterpoint to current trends toward agentic capabilities.

The thing that brought me to LLMs 3 years ago, was the ability to obtain custom-fit knowledge based on my context, avoiding the pathetic signal-to-noise ratio that the search engines bring.

The main focus now even with the huge models, is to make them as agentic as possible, and I can't help but think that, with the limited number of params, focusing on agentic task will surely degrade model's performance on other tasks.

Are there any LLM labs focusing on training a simple stupid model that has as much knowledge as possible? Basically an offline omniscient wikipedia alternative?

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