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# Philosophy

Shoebill H is built with a commitment to open source and privacy. 

Our goals are to:

* Share Code: Release a collection of packages and repositories on GitHub.
* Invite Contributions: Encourage the community to enhance Shoebill H's features
* Give Back: Contribute to the broader AI and blockchain communities by sharing knowledge and tools.

Taking into account H is born out of an abandoned project, its only right to make sure Agent H will be open source.

I believe its to be encouraged to be able to run your own agent without dependencies on big AI providers who will use your conversations to profile you and use it just like any other actions you do online. Therefore we host our model ourself as well. Models will become smaller and more effective overall so hopefully constraints will reduce over time. 


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