740: Local AI Models in JavaScript - Machine Learning Deep Dive With Xenova

Scott and Wes are joined by special guest Xenova to explore local AI models in JavaScript. From Hugging Face to Transformers.js and practical applications like real-time speech recognition and object detection, this episode dives deep into the world of machine learning.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
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01:05 Who is Xenova?
02:08 What is Hugging Face?
03:29 What is Transformers.js?
06:16 How was the library developed?
SponsorBlock

09:04 How is it able to run?
10:09 Do they have to run in Python and how does Onnx work?
Onnx.ai

Hugging Face Optimum

14:19 What are some things you can do with this tech?
16:15 Vision tools.
17:38 This is actually running locally.
18:35 Doodle Dash

21:09 They currently run on CPU, what is required to make it run on GPU?
24:44 Can you run in JavaScript?
28:32 How it works with image vectors.
34:23 Why would people want to run it in another language?
35:55 Resizing images in the browser instead of on the server.
38:55 Applications distributed on the web vs running locally.
43:54 Electron has Node and Chrome, where would you run Transformers.js?
44:32 The API of Transformers.js
46:30 Object Detection.
Semantic Image Search Client

Real-Time Object Detection

Background Removal Tool

48:33 What is the easiest way to get started?
51:26 Real-time speech recognition on the horizon?
52:08 Will we ever be able to run Stable Diffusion via JavaScript?
56:10 The Web LLM.
57:22 Practical applications for YouTube.
59:39 What we want to build for Syntax.fm.
01:06:43 Mean pooling, why it’s necessary.
01:09:30 Stopping YouTube spam comments.
01:10:34 K-Means Clustering.
Text Clustering

01:13:49 Quantization.
01:17:35 Sick Picks + Shameless Plugs.
Sick Picks Xeonva: WebGPU

Shameless Plugs Xenova: Xenova on X

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