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OSMI: Decentralizing AI

October 30, 2024
osmi is preparing to decentralize AI on GalaChain

Have you heard of OSMI? There are so many projects building on GalaChain that we occasionally have trouble shining a light on all of them, but OSMI is one you definitely want to keep an eye out for!

OSMI is a new AI project built directly on GalaChain. Unlike other AI projects, OSMI is entirely decentralized and will be run through a collection of GPU-based Nodes.

https://medium.com/@osmi.ai/introducing-osmi-the-vision-for-a-decentralized-people-powered-ai-1431fa1e8bb6

A New Direction for AI

While specific AI is becoming more and more ubiquitous in our world, it’s not necessarily becoming more public, transparent and decentralized. As AI continues to influence our culture and create a new paradigm for how the human race develops, centralization carries a menacing undertone.

OSMI takes the controls of AI out of the few and puts it in the hands of the many. The result will be that OSMI develops and works for people the way they want it to, rather than the way some boss in an ivory tower wants it to.

Why Decentralization Matters

Culture itself is decentralized. A small group of people don’t get together and decide how humanity’s collective consciousness and ideas change over time — that’s all about as decentralized as it gets. Individual attitudes progress and change by the infinitely complex interchange of ideas.

AI, however, is often incredibly centralized. An individual or a small group is determining the parameters, the training data, the goals, etc. This kind of centralization may give normal people some advantage, but the individuals that created it are really controlling where it goes and how it develops.

Now that AI is working its way more and more into daily life, AI’s development will affect the evolution of culture. Centralized AI homogeneity then potentially threatens to partially centralize the evolution of our culture. 

The power this gives an irresponsible small group is terrifying, but even more terrifying is the cultural stagnation this could lead to overall. If the same AI models created and curated by just a few people are pushing us all to the same way of thinking, how will diversity of thought continue to thrive and lead to innovation?

The OSMI Movement

OSMI was created for a better way to navigate AI. Just as we propel culture collectively faster than any small group or individual could, we could work together to make AI a better tool that doesn’t fall victim to homogeneity and profit motives.

Decentralization isn’t just a gimmick of OSMI… it’s the entire point. The OSMI team feels that this is THE sustainable way forward with AI and that this is the beginning a very important shift in society towards better AI tools.

Keep an eye out for Node sale announcements coming up and to learn more about the $OSMI token. We’re incredibly excited to learn more about this project and see what the OSMI team can do to revolutionize how we interact with AI!