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I agree and have been saying for a while that an AI you control and run (be it on your own hardware or on a rented one) will be the Linux of this generation. There is no other way to retain the freedom of information processing.

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Similarly, I think an open model running on local hardware will be a must component in any web browser of the future. Browsing a web full of bots on your own will be a big no-no, like walking without a mask during COVID. And it must be local for reasons of privacy and control, it will be like your own brain, something you want physical possession of.

I kinda think the opposite, that blockchains true use case is to basically turn the entire internet into one giant botnet that's actually an AI hive mind of processing and storage power. For AI to thrive it needs a shit ton of GPUs AND Storage for the training models. If people rent out their desktop for cryptocurrency and discounted access to the ai tools, then it'll bring down costs for everyone and perhaps at least affect income inequality on a small scale.

Most of crypto I've seen so far seem like grifters/scams/etc, but this is one use case I could see working.

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