Unlocking the Future of Offline AI Assistance: A Personal Journey
In September 2025, I embarked on an exciting project to develop a fully offline AI assistant using a Raspberry Pi 5. This journey, inspired by advancements in large language models since 2023, focused on creating an engaging hands-free UI experience from scratch.
Key Insights:
- Integration of OpenAI’s tools and custom commands on simple hardware.
- Development of a React Vite front end communicating with a Sinatra back end, enabling voice commands.
- Implementation of structured outputs for seamless interaction and command execution.
- Overcoming the challenge of functionally invoking tools using a loop-based approach.
Despite frustrations, this endeavor sparked creativity and offered invaluable insights into AI architecture.
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