Open source is keeping the lights on — and is the foundation for decentralization
Solving AI's Energy Crisis with Decentralized Compute, w/ Akash CEO Greg Osuri (The People's AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast)
“We were very, very scared because open source is keeping the lights on for hundreds of millions, thousands of developers right now. Because closed source is getting stronger and stronger. The only way to compete with that is through open source. And open source will give foundation to decentralization in terms of training and whatnot.” — 00:42:25
Context: Reacting to the White House AI Action Plan putting “encourage open source and open-weight AI” on page four — “That’s a first. Never saw that coming from White House.”