AI-Curious with Jeff Wilser
New Pod from Jeff Wilser: "The People's AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast"
20 Feb 2025
aaaaaand... I'm launching a new podcast! Don't worry, fans of AI-CURIOUS -- that's not going anywhere. This is a second podcast with its own independent feed. I'll still be producing AI-Curious each week.The new pod is called THE PEOPLE'S AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast, presented by Vana. In the future, this will be available on all the usual podcast platforms (links to subscribe below.)But for this week, I'm dropping THE PEOPLE'S AI into the feed for AI-Curious. It's a good primer on what Decentralized A" is all about. AI-Curious will continue to be a general interest AI podcast. AI and Hollywood one week, AI and the military the next. The People's AI is a different beast...Subscribe to The People's AI on APPLE:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peoples-ai-the-decentralized-ai-podcast/id1792518750?i=1000694109163Subscribe to The People's AI on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLiYlJulQIcmvCjnVRYotwSubscribe to The People's AI on SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/3XFmg6Lqf7nnKwMkicBx8L?si=8c43eac26fd7445eThe People's AI on Twitter/X:https://x.com/The_Peoples_AIJeff Wilser on Twitter/X:https://x.com/jeffwilser____________In our debut episode of The People’s AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast, Presented by Vana, we dive into one of the most critical questions of the AI era: Who should own AI?As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in daily life, its ownership and governance will shape the future. Big Tech dominates AI development today, but a growing movement believes AI should be decentralized, open, and user-owned.We speak with Anna Kazlauskas, co-founder of Vana, and Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of NEAR, to explore how decentralized AI could shift power away from centralized corporations and into the hands of individuals.Key Topics Covered:• What decentralized AI means and why it matters• How AI models are built and trained—and who controls them• The intersection of AI, data sovereignty, and blockchain• The potential risks of centralized AI, from bias to economic concentration• How AI assistants, autonomous agents, and data unions are reshaping the internet• Predictions for the next 1-5 years in AI and decentralized technologiesAbout Vana:Vana's vision is for user-owned AI through user owned-data. Its mission is to be the world's first open protocol for data sovereignty. Sign up for the first AI Data Summit, hosted by Vana, on Feb 28 in Denver. This will be the go-to event at Eth-Denver with leaders at the forefront of Decentralized AI tech and applications. AI Data Summit, hosted by Vana:https://lu.ma/aidatasummitMore on Vana:https://linktr.ee/vanahqVana on Twitter/X:https://x.com/vanaAnna Kazlauskas on Twitter/X:https://x.com/anna_kazlauskasNEAR: The Blockchain for AIhttps://near.org/NEAR on Twitter/X:https://x.com/NEARProtocol
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