In need of advice from programmers...
I would love to get some advice on what skills I should acquire to keep up with AI evolution, and build a local AI setup on a Lenovo Legion Tower 7i RTX 5080? I am overwhelmed by all the latest AI upgrades, and have installed Ollama, Docker, Openwebui, Llama 3.1 8B, SillyTavern, etc by "vibe coding" which doesn't feel safe and clean, could run into future issues, and I have run into walls with looping etc. I'm running PopOS! in Linux. My goal is to utilize this setup in every way - create avatars, video, audio, music, voice cloning. orchestrate multiple automated agents, fine tuning, run locally, etc on a fully secure and protected computer (firewall, vpn). I would love some advice on these questions: 1) Should I take the time to learn to code or hire someone to install and get everything functional for me? 2) What are the best skills to learn to be at the forefront, or at least relevant to, the future of AI? I tried context prompting, vibe coding, many different models - GPT Pro, GPT-5, Claude Code, Gemini Pro, Action Agent (Writer), etc. They all seem to be best for helping coders, not creating original clean code. I was able to install a variety of tools, but only got so far before I was running into hallucinations, bad coding, or loops. It became a nightmare and I gave up on that approach. Thanks in advance!! 🙏