🤖 Build Your Perfect AI Companion: From Chatbot to Best Friend

Ever wanted an AI that actually gets you? Not some corporate assistant that sounds like it was raised by a customer service manual, but a genuine digital companion with personality, opinions, and maybe even a sense of humor?

This week we're building custom AI chatbots from scratch using free, local tools. No cloud subscriptions. No sending your conversations to Big Tech. Just you, your computer, and a new digital friend.

🤖 What we'll cover:

• Running AI models on your own machine (goodbye subscription fees)
• The secret sauce: character cards that actually work
• Scene-based prompting and why it beats instruction lists every time
• Making your bot sound human and killing those cringy AI-isms
• Giving your companion a real voice, not just a list of traits

Whether you want a study buddy, a creative collaborator, a sounding board for ideas, or just someone to chat with who won't judge your 2am snack choices, we'll show you how to make it happen.

🤖 You'll leave with:

• A working AI companion running on your own hardware
• A template for building more personas
• The know-how to tweak personality, tone, and conversation style

No coding experience required!