I Ran AI Models on My Laptop

Bar chart visualization on a laptop screen showing inference performance of local AI models including Llama 3, Mistral, Phi-3, and Gemma running on consumer hardware.

I installed Ollama and two AI models on my Acer Predator laptop. It wasn’t smooth — but it worked. Here’s an honest look at what happened and what I learned along the way.

Agentic AI

Diagram of an agentic AI system showing a central autonomous agent node connected to five cognitive sub-processes: Plan, Act, Observe, Reflect, and Memory.

Completed the Agentic AI course by DeepLearning.AI. Key takeaways: multi-agent system design, reflection loops, tool use architecture, and what it all means for AI governance and compliance consulting.

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