Open-source AGI has to happen
Everything Bagel: Open Source AI, Security, and Decentralization with Greg Osuri, Founder at Akash (The Index Podcast)
“It’s something that we absolutely need… it has to happen, because historically speaking, any sufficiently important technology that reached mass adoption is open source — Linux, worldwide web, you name it… Transformers, open source, right?” — 00:44:46
Context: Host asks if getting entrepreneurs to build open-source AGI on crypto rails for humanity is crazy; Greg says it is a necessity, citing DeepSeek unseating closed state-of-the-art models.