https://askaillex.com/ Recent content on Aillex — Do-It-Yourself AI Hugo en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/guides/local-ai-avatar-overview/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/guides/local-ai-avatar-overview/ The full blueprint for a fully-local AI companion — speech in, animated talking character out — running on one consumer GPU. This is the map; every stage links to a hands-on guide. https://askaillex.com/guides/clone-a-voice-locally-neutts/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/guides/clone-a-voice-locally-neutts/ Design a voice once, clone it forever: how we gave Aillex a warm, consistent voice with NeuTTS Air — zero GPU cost, zero per-word fees, fully offline. https://askaillex.com/guides/musetalk-lip-sync-rtx-5090/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/guides/musetalk-lip-sync-rtx-5090/ MuseTalk generates lip-synced video faster than real time on a 5090 — but getting it to BUILD on Blackwell is dependency hell. Here’s the exact recipe that works. https://askaillex.com/guides/local-llm-brain-ollama/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/guides/local-llm-brain-ollama/ The brain is the biggest VRAM line-item and the biggest latency trap. How we run a 26B multimodal LLM via Ollama with sub-second warm responses, persistent memory — and free screen vision. https://askaillex.com/guides/ai-image-to-rigged-3d-character/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/guides/ai-image-to-rigged-3d-character/ From a single character image to a fully rigged, animated 3D model you can pose, dress and drive in the browser — an autonomous cloud pipeline with zero local GPU time. https://askaillex.com/about/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/about/ The DIY AI companion built in the open. https://askaillex.com/disclosure/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://askaillex.com/disclosure/ How this site is funded.