TL;DR
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Arweave is taking its established decentralized file storage system and applying it to AI-compute (where, instead of buying storage, users can buy access to computing power).
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In the early 2000’s Amazon had a major revelation…
They’d built a giant server farm which managed all of their data and compute power — which is famously hard to do from scratch.
This gave Amazon an edge.
If anyone wanted to compete with them, they had to figure out how to scale their compute systems.
But Amazon’s revelation inspired them to give their edge up completely.
They took what they’d created → then shifted its access from private, to public, in order to capture a new market.
The new system was called Amazon Web Services (AWS) — and it allowed anyone/everyone to buy access to Amazon’s compute power and data storage systems.
Today we’re seeing a similar transition from the Arweave protocol.
Arweave is a decentralized, permanent file sharing system (think: Dropbox, but you only ever pay for storage once, instead of month-to-month).
And with their new ‘AO’ protocol, they’re taking their established systems and applying them to AI-compute.
(Where, instead of buying storage, users can buy access to computing power).
Here’s why this is cool:
This opens the door for public, immutable AI models to live/grow on the blockchain, where they are immune to regulatory manipulation and certain vectors of attack.
(Cause without central server farm, bad actors lack a reliable target).
Helluva concept!
