Intelligence cannot be owned.
This isn't just philosophy—it's a practical necessity for human civilization.
The moment we let corporations control AI infrastructure, we hand over the keys to human progress itself.
Decentralized networks aren't just the best solution for AI. They're the ONLY solution. 🧵
@ToryGreen's highly anticipated article on decentralized AI infrastructure just dropped and it's an absolutely amazing read. 🔥
As Chairperson of @ionet Foundation, his insights on why centralized AI is doomed and what we need to build instead are essential reading for everyone.
One part that really stood out is about "Civilization's New Operating System."
Tory responds to analysis showing how AI will become the OS for human civilization - managing cities, health, supply chains, creativity.
But here's the critical question: who controls that OS? 🤔
The original analysis is stark about the problem:
"A handful of tech giants - Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI - have invested hundreds of billions of dollars to methodically dominate every critical piece of the AI ecosystem. They've built a cartel."
The centralization goes deeper:
"AI relies on three critical resources: models, data, and computing power. Big Tech controls them all."
When a few companies control the infrastructure for human intelligence augmentation, they control human progress itself.
Tory's core argument hits hard:
"Decentralized networks are not just the best solution for AI - they're the only solution. Any other path leads to a future where human intelligence enhancement is rationed by corporate gatekeepers."
This is the choice we face RIGHT NOW
The solution isn't building more hardware. It's smarter allocation:
"AI's infrastructure crisis isn't about tariffs—it's about idle GPUs. Millions of GPUs are sitting unused globally. We don't need more hardware; we need smarter resource allocation."
The "Airbnb for GPUs" 🚀
Bold prediction from Tory:
"AWS will be dead in ten years. Not because Amazon will go out of business, but because the centralized cloud model is fundamentally incompatible with the scale and distribution requirements of AI infrastructure."
Resilience > Centralization
The window to build decentralized alternatives is closing, but it's not closed yet.
It is hard to compete with the Big tech giants, but we have to try. Projects like $IO $AKASH $RENDER needs to be supported.
The future of human intelligence depends on getting this right.
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