Fully local conversational AI: Whisper + Hermes 8B + Kokoro, zero cloud, running inside a plush toy
A developer created a fully local conversational AI plush toy, named "The Philosopher Plush," that operates entirely on a local area network without cloud services. The system integrates Whisper for speech recognition, Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B (Q8_0) as the Large Language Model (LLM), and Kokoro for conversational management. This project emphasizes privacy and local processing, with all components running on the user's LAN. The full write-up and repository are available on hackster.io and GitHub, respectively.
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