[r/LocalLLaMA] Qwen 3.5 0.8B - small enough to run on a watch. Cool enough to play DOOM.

Summary

Researchers developed a VLM agent capable of playing DOOM by analyzing screenshots with a grid and using 'shoot' and 'move' tools. Remarkably, this agent utilizes Qwen 3.5 0.8B, a vision model small enough to run on a smartwatch, demonstrating surprising capability in gameplay and even securing kills. This highlights the potential for powerful AI agents on extremely resource-constrained devices.

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