The Case for Decentralized AI, w/ Aethir Cofounder Mark Rydon
Exploring decentralized AI as solution to Big Tech AI problems and GPU access.
Guest
Mark Rydon
Co-founder and chief strategy officer, Aethir
Mark Rydon is co-founder and chief strategy officer of Aethir, a decentralized GPU-cloud company. His work focuses on making computing capacity more accessible for AI and other demanding applications by coordinating distributed infrastructure, rather than relying exclusively on a small number of centralized data-center providers.
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AI, as even its supporters acknowledge, has many problems today. Just a few: Concerns over data privacy, creators not getting compensated for supplying the data that trains the AI models, lack of trust of Big Tech AI, a shortage of the high-powered chips needed to train AI, debates over censorship, and on and on.
Could Decentralized AI be the answer?
I'm joined today by Mark Rydon, cofounder of Aethir, one of the leading companies in Decentralized AI. Aethir is working, essentially, to make it easier for more people to gain access to the GPUs needed to train AI -- wherever they are on the globe.
Mark and I walk through the current challenges of "centralized" (or Big Tech) AI, consider the merits of a Decentralized approach, take a sober look at the challenges that need to be overcome, and then hear about how Aethir is working to crack the problem.
Fun episode - enjoy!
Aethir:
https://aethir.com/
Mark Rydon on Twitter/X:
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Mark Rydon on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrydon/?originalSubdomain=sg