AI: Local AI & Model Types
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Run your own AI: open models on your own machine | Sri AI
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Course overview
Install, run and choose open-weight models on an ordinary laptop or school server, with no subscription and no data leaving the building.
Level: Beginner · Mode: Evenings, hybrid
Who this course is for
Anyone who wants AI they own and control: teachers, offices, developers and students.
What you will learn
- Run open models such as Qwen, Gemma and Mistral locally
- Pick a model that fits your hardware
- Serve a private chat assistant to a whole office
- Explain why local AI protects data
Syllabus
- Module 1: Open-weight versus proprietary models
- Module 2: Hardware, memory and GPUs
- Module 3: Quantisation and GGUF files
- Module 4: Ollama and llama.cpp
- Module 5: Open WebUI as a private assistant
- Module 6: Choosing a model for Sinhala, Tamil and English
Final project
Every module ends in hands-on practice, and the course ends with a project you build and present. Your certificate names that project.
Before you start
Comfortable with a computer.