I tried to run gpt2_pico.py in a Windows Subsystem for Linux environment, using the command python3 gpt2_pico.py "What is 22 + 67?". I received the following error message:

Unable to register cuFFT factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuFFT when one has already been registered
WARNING: All log messages before absl::InitializeLog() is called are written to STDERR
E0000 00:00:1743623443.268868 4155 cuda_dnn.cc:8579] Unable to register cuDNN factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuDNN when one has already been registered
E0000 00:00:1743623443.358120 4155 cuda_blas.cc:1407] Unable to register cuBLAS factory: Attempting to register factory for plugin cuBLAS when one has already been registered
W0000 00:00:1743623444.157235 4155 computation_placer.cc:177] computation placer already registered. Please check linkage and avoid linking the same target more than once.
W0000 00:00:1743623444.157419 4155 computation_placer.cc:177] computation placer already registered. Please check linkage and avoid linking the same target more than once.
W0000 00:00:1743623444.157434 4155 computation_placer.cc:177] computation placer already registered. Please check linkage and avoid linking the same target more than once.
W0000 00:00:1743623444.157440 4155 computation_placer.cc:177] computation placer already registered. Please check linkage and avoid linking the same target more than once.
2025-04-02 12:50:44.246005: I tensorflow/core/platform/cpu_feature_guard.cc:210] This TensorFlow binary is optimized to use available CPU instructions in performance-critical operations.
To enable the following instructions: AVX2 FMA, in other operations, rebuild TensorFlow with the appropriate compiler flags.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/nthayamballi/picoGPT/gpt2_pico.py", line 62, in
fire.Fire(main)
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fire/core.py", line 141, in Fire
component_trace = _Fire(component, args, parsed_flag_args, context, name)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fire/core.py", line 475, in _Fire
component, remaining_args = _CallAndUpdateTrace(
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/fire/core.py", line 691, in _CallAndUpdateTrace
component = fn(*varargs, **kwargs)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/nthayamballi/picoGPT/gpt2_pico.py", line 53, in main
encoder, hparams, params = load_encoder_hparams_and_params(model_size, models_dir)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/nthayamballi/picoGPT/utils.py", line 74, in load_encoder_hparams_and_params
os.makedirs(model_dir, exist_ok=True)
File "", line 215, in makedirs
File "", line 225, in makedirs
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'models'

How can I resolve this error, so that I can run gpt2_pico.py?