Boing Boing reports on CrankGPT, a manual-powered AI device with zero battery or internet requirements. Built around inexpensive single-board computers, it runs offline speech recognition, a language model, and text-to-speech entirely locally. Just crank it, speak, and get an answer back. It's a clever approach to making AI resilient and available where grid power or internet connectivity can't be relied on.

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