# AI is becoming the substrate of civilization — but foundations need power

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-11-04
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Sponsored Session: Powering PyTorch: Decentralized Training for an Energy-Hungry Future - Greg Osuri (PyTorch)
- **Watch at:** 00:00:43 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3nA1nAaLss&t=43s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-11-04-ai-is-becoming-the-substrate-of-civilization-but-f-qejs/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI is becoming the substrate of civilization — but foundations need power," Sponsored Session: Powering PyTorch: Decentralized Training for an Energy-Hungry Future - Greg Osuri (PyTorch), 4 Nov 2025, 00:00:43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3nA1nAaLss&t=43s

## Quote — verbatim

> In my testimony I've given before Congress, I made one claim: AI is becoming the substrate of civilization, and AI is a foundational layer. But foundations only work if the power stays on. We are approaching an energy bottleneck that could limit who gets to build, ship, and even run AI. We can fix that by distributing where, when, and how we compute.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Opening thesis of the talk, referencing his testimony before Congress.