# The future is many small specialized models, not one giant one

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-11-09
- **Theme:** Local AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-ai/
- **Source:** Why Decentralized AI Needs Cosmos: Greg Osuri of Akash Explains (The Interop)
- **Watch at:** 00:35:35 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_gGBRqzxrQ&t=2135s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-ai/2024-11-09-the-future-is-many-small-specialized-models-not-on-us2o/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "The future is many small specialized models, not one giant one," Why Decentralized AI Needs Cosmos: Greg Osuri of Akash Explains (The Interop), 9 Nov 2024, 00:35:35. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_gGBRqzxrQ&t=2135s

## Quote — verbatim

> It's my personal opinion: I think it's going to be a lot of small models that \[are\] going to come together to essentially create a multi-model mechanism. Small models are inherently good at doing small tasks.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Answering "the billion dollar question" of generalized vs. specialized models; he analogizes to humanity progressing through specialization and knowledge sharing. Small specialized models are the form factor that runs on local/edge hardware.