CrankGPT is a hand-powered, fully offline AI bot powered by a Raspberry Pi and 8GB of RAM — and I'm all for apocalypse-ready chatbots that don't need data centers
- An innovative new AI bot runs on manual crank power
- It uses a Raspberry Pi and local AI models
- The bot is built to work offline without an extra power source
Making use of AI bots typically involves relying on cloud access and data centers, and giving up your information (and your chats) to one of the big tech companies. However, a new DIY gadget called CrankGPT works very differently.
Built by the enterprising folks at Squeez Labs, the CrankGPT box (via Boing Boing) is powered by a hand crank. It runs on a Raspberry Pi with 8GB of RAM, and uses small, local AI models from Meta and Google to transcribe speech and run queries.
As the demo video shows, if you find yourself in a post-apocalyptic world without electricity and internet connectivity, you can still get facts about hummingbirds and translate between languages through the power...
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