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Hello Team,
This week Garry Tan, the CEO of legendary startup incubator Y Combinator, found out about DePIN.
Seems like a fair swap.
You find out what DePIN means;
we get to know there’s an acronym for Explain Like I’m 5!
Lots for you this week. In the Bionic universe and beyond ✨
Let’s keep moving forward ⏩️
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ON YOUR RADAR
📺️ Watch the DeSci Summit at Token2049 Dubai featuring anti-ageing activist Bryan Johnson.
⛓️ Data Lake announced their own blockchain.
🤝 Decentralized GPU DePIN io.net keep stacking partnerships.
🧬 Our buddies at Molecule get into the reinvention of academic incentives with Research Hub.
👿 Some elite-level devil’s advocacy in this DeSci thread. Kind of fun and we like the art.
THE BREAKDOWN
⚔️ The Battle Against Centralized AI
This one lives up to the powerful title.
You might have seen Emad Mostaque’s tweet when he left the company he founded, Stability AI:
“You can’t beat centralized AI with more centralized AI”
In this conversation, Emad breaks down how difficult it was to leave one of the most successful and pioneering AI companies, for an issue he believes in passionately.
Emad discusses the implications and future of decentralized AI compared to centralized models.
He also highlights decentralized AI's potential for wider, equitable distribution and governance, expressing concerns over centralized AI's control by few entities.
Emad argues for technology that amplifies human collective intelligence rather than creating autonomous, overpowering systems.
Who’s Emad?
Former CEO and founder of Stability AI, known for the Stable Diffusion model.
Early participant in Web 3 and crypto, with significant experience since 2011.
Led various innovative projects at the intersection of AI and decentralized systems.
Break It Down
Decentralization vs Centralization - they dive into the importance of building decentralized structures of governance to fight back against the over-centralization of AI.
Ethics - discussion of the ethical implications and societal impacts of AI, and the importance of inclusive governance of the technology.
Human Advancement - Mostaque advocates the need for AI to be aided by collective human intelligence, rather than as a replacement.
Monopolization - they express concerns of large-scale monopolization of AI by large corporations, and routes to democratize control.
Empowerment - further discussing democratizing AI and how it can empower humans individually.
We’ll leave you with a parting quote that sums it up:
"Decentralized AI means having the AI model in the hands of every individual."
▶️ Watch the video in full on YouTube.
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