# An unstoppable machine-run GPU network

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-05-20
- **Theme:** Decentralized AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/
- **Source:** Hash Rate - Ep 050 - Akash Decentralized Cloud - Greg Osury (Hash Rate Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 00:28:52 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6niawECR8A&t=1732s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/decentralized-ai/2024-05-20-an-unstoppable-machine-run-gpu-network-bcwz/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "An unstoppable machine-run GPU network," Hash Rate - Ep 050 - Akash Decentralized Cloud - Greg Osury (Hash Rate Podcast), 20 May 2024, 00:28:52. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6niawECR8A&t=1732s

## Quote — verbatim

> What happens when you have an unstoppable GPU network that functions only on crypto, where when machines are used there's no way to tell who \[is\] the machine or a human, and when machines are used no one can stop them.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Half-joking riff that "Akash Network" translates to "Skynet" (Akash = sky in Sanskrit) — but framing the serious thesis of permissionless, agent-usable compute.