# The commons should own AGI

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-09-25
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network (Proof of Coverage)
- **Watch at:** 00:26:39 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-and-ceo-of-akash-network/id1645459705?i=1000629088449
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2023-09-25-the-commons-should-own-agi-adn4/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The commons should own AGI," Greg Osuri, Founder and CEO of Akash Network (Proof of Coverage), 25 Sept 2023, 00:26:39. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-and-ceo-of-akash-network/id1645459705?i=1000629088449

## Quote — verbatim

> The race to AGI is on. The question is, who's, is that going to be a centralized or a decentralized player? I want more equitable. I don't want a single corporation. I want the common to own the AGI... I want to see decentralized machine learning take a central stage.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Asked about the crypto/AI convergence; he frames current AI as "leading us to a feudalistic world" with OpenAI unchallenged.