# A Type 1 civilization emerges from a network of millions, not one cloud provider

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-07-01
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Superintelligence Needs The Supercloud Why the AI Revolution... \| PMLS 2025 \| Day 3 \| Open Source AI (Blockworks)
- **Watch at:** 00:19:24 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHsD1bgtvc&t=1164s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-07-01-a-type-1-civilization-emerges-from-a-network-of-mi-ai5b/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "A Type 1 civilization emerges from a network of millions, not one cloud provider," Superintelligence Needs The Supercloud Why the AI Revolution... \| PMLS 2025 \| Day 3 \| Open Source AI (Blockworks), 1 Jul 2025, 00:19:24. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHsD1bgtvc&t=1164s

## Quote — verbatim

> A type one civilization doesn't emerge from one cloud provider. It emerges from a network of millions — coordinated, open, and alive... Let's build a cloud that reflects our values. A cloud that can't be shut down. A cloud we own together. Let's meet at Kardashev 1.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Closing callback to the Kardashev opening (500x today's energy for Type 1, "AI is the next fire").