AI Meetup - Speaker Stuart Shirrell

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​Stuart Shirrell
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​Talk Topic
​Running AI Locally: Why Small Models Matter
​Brief Session Outline

• ​What local AI models are — and why businesses should care
• ​Why smaller, faster models are becoming increasingly powerful
• ​The strategic advantages of owning your AI workflows and data
• ​How to run LLMs locally on consumer hardware
• ​Best tools and models to get started with
• ​Real-world use cases for local AI
• ​Live demos:
• ​Local LLMs
• ​Speech-to-text
• ​Text-to-speech
• ​Text-to-image pipelines
• ​Where local AI is heading next

​Key Takeaway
​This session will show how businesses and individuals can run powerful AI tools directly on their own machines — reducing costs, improving privacy, and gaining more control over their AI future without relying entirely on major AI providers.

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