Decentralized AI Collectives

Nathan discusses the surprising trend of decentralized research collectives and companies that are commercializing open source AI. These collectives challenge the notion that value accrues to centralized parties and demonstrate the power of coordination and access to compute. They also fill the gap left by academia in terms of compute and data resources. The open source nature of these collectives contributes to AI safety by allowing for rigorous study and understanding of these systems.