# Akash was built for machine learning from the 2017 white paper

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2023-09-29
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Akash Network - Chat With a Founder Greg Osuri (Don Cryptonium)
- **Watch at:** 00:24:21 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDA9wqZmsY8&t=1461s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2023-09-29-akash-was-built-for-machine-learning-from-the-2017-v57i/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Akash was built for machine learning from the 2017 white paper," Akash Network - Chat With a Founder Greg Osuri (Don Cryptonium), 29 Sept 2023, 00:24:21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDA9wqZmsY8&t=1461s

## Quote — verbatim

> It's funny that Akash seems like GPUs overnight, but if you look at our white paper, the first section that talks about motivation — we talk about Akash, it's primarily built for machine learning. This is published in 2017, 2018.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Pushing back on the idea that Akash pivoted opportunistically to AI when the ChatGPT wave hit.