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Open-source AI replaces Alexa on local hardware, faces gaming conflicts

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A user has successfully replaced Amazon Alexa with a local, open-source setup using Home Assistant and Ollama running on their 7900XTX GPU. While the system is fully functional for smart home tasks, it experiences performance issues when attempting to run AI tasks simultaneously with demanding games, as games consume the VRAM needed by the AI. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates the feasibility of local, open-source AI for smart home control, though highlights resource contention with other demanding applications.

RANK_REASON User-level implementation of open-source AI tools for smart home automation.

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Open-source AI replaces Alexa on local hardware, faces gaming conflicts

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    I've *almost* succeeded in replacing Alexa with my 7900XTX. The Home Assistant server calls up the Ollama running on my workstation when it can't figure somethi

    I've *almost* succeeded in replacing Alexa with my 7900XTX. The Home Assistant server calls up the Ollama running on my workstation when it can't figure something out internally. 100% local. 100% open source. It's just bad to ask it to do something while playing games. Turns out,…

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