# GPUs are the oil — whoever controls the fuel controls the world

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-04-18
- **Theme:** GPU Economics — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/
- **Source:** DePin, Scams & Decentralized ML (Chris Joannou)
- **Watch at:** 00:26:32 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImwkqmOSUkE&t=1592s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/gpu-economics/2025-04-18-gpus-are-the-oil-whoever-controls-the-fuel-control-e25n/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "GPUs are the oil — whoever controls the fuel controls the world," DePin, Scams & Decentralized ML (Chris Joannou), 18 Apr 2025, 00:26:32. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImwkqmOSUkE&t=1592s

## Quote — verbatim

> For someone to really take over the world, they need GPUs. Whoever has the power — GPUs are the oil, right? Like you can have the most advanced tank, but without diesel, there's no point. You need the fuel for AI. The ones that control that fuel will be in the best position to control the world.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Correcting the host's Skynet framing: open vs. closed models matters less than who controls compute.