Co-director @ilan-strauss.bsky.social spoke on protocols as market shaping instruments, along with the folk actually designing them at @presidiosf.bsky.social It was a unique panel. Discussion covered AI memory, nostr, MCP, Buzz, & more You can listen to it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bb0...

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The rent comes from the data leaving the boundary, not just the inference step. Moving that boundary back to owned hardware is the only way to cut the recurring cost and control.

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Open source decentralises code, not compute or data. The real constraint is control over the inference stack, which is why sovereign AI is shifting from access to ownership.

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We’re co-hosting OPEN @ UNGA 81 with @creativecommons.bsky.social in NYC on Sept. 21. At 1:30pm, we’re moderating a panel on: Can open source make AI markets less centralized? With Duane O’Brien, Amanda Casari, Madiha Zahrah Choksi & Ben Moskowitz Register: creativecommons.org/event/open-u...

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Bigger isn’t always better. LLMs are vastly more general than chess engines like Stockfish -- but at a chessboard the specialized system wins easily. What does chess, LoRA, and small models tell us about the economics of specialized AI? Read our latest: asimovaddendum.substack.com/p/when-small...

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