# AI will be open source and decentralized — it's too important not to be

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-06-18
- **Theme:** Open-Source AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/open-source-ai/
- **Source:** "Greg Osuri \| Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast)
- **Watch at:** 01:04:56 — https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-of-akash-network-liberty/id1626302528?i=1000659451844
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/open-source-ai/2024-06-18-ai-will-be-open-source-and-decentralized-it-s-too-6evb/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "AI will be open source and decentralized — it's too important not to be," "Greg Osuri \| Founder of Akash Network: Liberty, Community, and the Future of Decentralized AI" (Beacon Podcast), 18 Jun 2024, 01:04:56. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/greg-osuri-founder-of-akash-network-liberty/id1626302528?i=1000659451844

## Quote — verbatim

> So AI will be open source and decentralized. It has to be open source and decentralized. It's too important for it to be closed source and be controlled by a few elites.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

His direct answer to "Where do you think Web3 AI is going to become like in the next three, five years?" He warns that otherwise "we are under an incredible risk" of returning to a world where "few people have so much control over the others" (01:05:37).