# Whoever controls GPUs controls the world; AI must be in the hands of people

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-06-10
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** ADRIAN STEWART Akash $AKT Interview Greg Osuri \#AI \#GPU \#AISupercloud ElonTrades Cosmos ATOM (Louisiana Swamp Rat)
- **Watch at:** 00:45:12 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AvWFwSfbaU&t=2712s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2023-06-10-whoever-controls-gpus-controls-the-world-ai-must-b-3ljj/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Whoever controls GPUs controls the world; AI must be in the hands of people," ADRIAN STEWART Akash $AKT Interview Greg Osuri \#AI \#GPU \#AISupercloud ElonTrades Cosmos ATOM (Louisiana Swamp Rat), 10 Jun 2023, 00:45:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AvWFwSfbaU&t=2712s

## Quote — verbatim

> \[It\] has to be decentralized, has to be in the hands of people... The fuel for AI is GPUs. If you take away GPUs, \[AI does\] not exist, and whoever controls GPUs controls the world.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Arguing Akash/AKT governance means people, not companies like OpenAI, control AI infrastructure — nobody can unilaterally "pause AI." Segues into US GPU export restrictions.