Build High-Accuracy Edge AI Image Classifiers with Local Visual Language Models

From Cat vs. Dog Showdowns on Your Phone to the Edge AI Revolution: Building High-Accuracy Image Classifiers with Local Visual Language Models Picture this: You’re lounging on the couch, scrolling through Instagram, and a friend’s post pops up—a fluffy orange tabby cat mid-yawn. Tap once, and your phone instantly chimes in: “Cat, 99.9% confidence.” No cloud ping-pong, no lag, just pure local magic. Sounds like a gimmick? For developers like us, it’s the holy grail of edge AI: running sophisticated image classification right on-device, offline and lightning-fast. I’ve battled my share of bloated cloud APIs and privacy nightmares, but this …