GPU access is feudalism
Solving AI's Energy Crisis with Decentralized Compute, w/ Akash CEO Greg Osuri (The People's AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast)
“In order to get decent GPUs, you need to have long contracts with cloud companies. They’re going to pick and choose the highest bidders, and it becomes prohibitively expensive. It reminds you of the Middle Ages where you had feudalism… These few lords own the grain, and we all have to stand in line to get the grain because if you don’t, you don’t get the AI.” — 00:40:45
Context: Recalls 2023, when an AI researcher couldn’t get an A100 without long cloud contracts — the scarcity he says he warned about on stage 10 years ago.