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Markku Arvekari
Thoughts on technology, leadership and society.
AI

Future of AI – 2/15 – The Technical Architecture: SynthAI vs. GenAI

Introduction When people talk about AI systems, they often think of one big model that handles everything. In practice, it’s not like that. Generative…

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Future of AI – 1/15 – SynthAI Fundamentals and the Shift from GenAI

Introduction During the last few years, generative AI became a household term. It brought AI into everyday conversation and made people realize how far…

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Local AI article 10 / 10 – Where Local AI is Going (and Why You Should Care)

Local AI article 10 / 10 – Where Local AI is Going (and Why You Should Care) Introduction: Beyond a Trend, Toward a Mindset…

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Local AI article 9 / 10 – My Local AI Assistant: Simple Automations that Help Me

Introduction: Building Something Real When we talk about local AI, it’s easy to stay in test mode. Run a model, throw some prompts at…

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Local AI article 8 / 10 – Privacy and Control: Why Local Might Be the Smarter Option

Introduction: Owning the AI, Owning the Risk When we talk about AI today, most conversations focus on model power, speed, or use cases. But…

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Local AI article 7 / 10 – What Kind of Gear You Really Need to Run Local AI

Introduction: It Starts with the Right Hardware One of the first things people ask when they hear I’m running AI models locally is: “What…

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Local AI article 6 / 10 – Testing LLaMA4, BOLT & Friends Without Losing Your Mind

It's Not About Benchmarks When I started testing different language models, I wasn’t looking for benchmark numbers or theoretical benchmarks. I wanted to know…

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Local AI article 5 / 10 – Can Local AI Be Useful at Work Too?

Moving from Experiment to Value For many people, local AI is still seen as a hobby project — something to explore in your free…

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Local AI article 4 / 10 – LM Studio, OpenWebUI, Ollama: My Favorite Tools So Far

When you're testing and running local language models, the tools you use shape everything — from how easily you can get started to whether…

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Politics

Hyvä hallinto – kuinka julkinen sektori voi sujuvoittaa arkea | Uusi Suomi Puheenvuoro

Public administration is not some neutral machine; it is a wielder of power whose actions affect people’s daily lives every day. Too often decisions…

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Politics

Hyvä hallinto – kuinka julkinen sektori voi sujuvoittaa arkea | Uusi Suomi Puheenvuoro

Public administration is not some neutral machine; it is a wielder of power whose actions affect people’s everyday lives every day. Too often decisions…

11 min read
AI

How I Built My First ”AI Lab” at Home – Local AI article 3/10

Learning by Doing I wanted to help companies who can’t move to the cloud, but I also wanted to understand how local AI really…

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What Can You Actually Do with Local Language Models? – Local AI article 2 / 10

: More Than Just Chatbots One of the biggest misconceptions I had before testing local AI was that it would only be useful for…

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Politics

Kotoutuminen on enemmän kuin paperit | Uusi Suomi Puheenvuoro

Integration is not just an administrative measure – it is a person’s life, uncertainty, and constant having to prove oneself. In this text, through…

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Politics

Kotoutuminen on enemmän kuin paperit | Uusi Suomi Puheenvuoro

Integration is not just an administrative measure – it is a person’s life, uncertainty, and constant having to prove oneself. In this piece, through…

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