Offline-First Learning: Ryan Ross on the AI Infrastructure Crisis

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Offline-First Learning: Ryan Ross on the AI Infrastructure Crisis Anika sat down with Ryan Ross to explore a critical, often-overlooked question in the education technology debate: Can your school's infrastructure actually run AI? The conversation revealed a sobering reality regarding the global digital divide and the massive data requirements of modern AI. Ryan’s background in edge computing and fintech at Visa offered a practical blueprint for offline-first learning, highlighting how Small Language Models (SLMs) and edge networks are the true key to bringing digital resources to the students the internet forgot.

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