# Compute becomes a basic human necessity; Akash is its currency

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-06-19
- **Theme:** Local Compute — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-compute/
- **Source:** Akash: The Internet Of Compute W/ Founder Greg Osuri ($1 To $1 Million Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 00:33:42 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyGP_9A1SVs&t=2022s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/local-compute/2024-06-19-compute-becomes-a-basic-human-necessity-akash-is-i-or3i/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Compute becomes a basic human necessity; Akash is its currency," Akash: The Internet Of Compute W/ Founder Greg Osuri ($1 To $1 Million Podcast), 19 Jun 2024, 00:33:42. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyGP_9A1SVs&t=2022s

## Quote — verbatim

> I think compute is going to be like basic necessities of human beings. If you are relying on compute for everything, for intelligence — which is the scary part — you're going to need some allocation of compute and you're going to need some currency to represent the allocation of compute. Akash is the currency of compute.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Responding to Sam Altman's "universal basic compute" idea; the line is also used as the episode's cold open.