# Compute should be as free as air and water

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-09-27
- **Theme:** Cloud Decentralization — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri - Democratizing Access to AI Resources - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2024 (TOKEN2049)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:48 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv3EOSDnL8&t=528s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/cloud-decentralization/2024-09-27-compute-should-be-as-free-as-air-and-water-axjl/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Compute should be as free as air and water," Greg Osuri - Democratizing Access to AI Resources - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2024 (TOKEN2049), 27 Sept 2024, 00:08:48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv3EOSDnL8&t=528s

## Quote — verbatim

> We believe compute should be a public utility. Compute should be as free as the air we breathe and water we drink, and that's the future we're all building towards... the access should be ungated, \[it\] should be open, \[it\] should be public.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

The affirmative vision after the feudalism warning; ties to restoring sovereignty over data and compute.